I-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) kanye ne-PhilaPort bagubhe ukuvulwa ngokusemthethweni kwesiteshi esisha semikhumbi ePhiladelphia ngomcimbi wokusika iribhoni. Lo mcimbi uphawula ingqophamlando ekubuyeni kwemikhumbi edolobheni, ebingakaze ibone ukuhamba ngomkhumbi okuvamile iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-15. Lesi sikhungo esisha, esiku-4 Atlantic Avenue, siba ikhaya laphakade lemisebenzi yomzila wemikhumbi esifundeni.
Ukuvulwa kuza ngemuva kokuba iNorwegian Cruise Line ibe umzila wokuqala wokuhamba ngesikebhe ukusuka ePhiladelphia eminyakeni engaphezu kweshumi nesigamu ekuqaleni kwalonyaka. Lesi sikhungo esihlala njalo siqinisa ubudlelwano phakathi kwe-NCLH, iPhilaPort, kanye nesifundazwe sasePennsylvania, futhi siqinisa ukuzibophezela kwenkampani isikhathi eside endaweni yedolobha.
Umnikelo womphakathi
Njengengxenye yomkhosi, i-NCLH imemezele umnikelo ongu-$50.000 wokusekela imiphakathi yasendaweni. Lo mnikelo uwela ngaphansi kohlelo lwenkampani lwe-Sail & Sustain lomhlaba wonke, ikakhulukazi insika yalo ethi 'Ukuqinisa Imiphakathi Yethu'. Kuleyo mali, u-$20.000 uzoya eMnyangweni Wezomlilo waseTinicum Township, kanti u-$30.000 osele uzokwabiwa phakathi kwamaKlabhu Abafana Namantombazane amathathu endawo ukuze kuxhaswe izinhlelo nezinsiza zezingane nemindeni.
UDaniel Farkas, iphini likamongameli ophethe kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu sentuthuko se-NCLH, ugcizelele ukuthi inkampani ikholelwa ekutshaleni imali emiphakathini eyisebenzelayo. "Ngokusungula ukuba khona kwesikhathi eside endaweni yedolobha lasePhiladelphia, siyaziqhenya ngokusekela izinsizakalo eziphuthumayo, intsha kanye nemindeni," kusho yena.
Umthelela wezomnotho kanye nekusasa lemisebenzi
Lesi sikhungo esisha sisekela isivumelwano seminyaka eyisikhombisa phakathi kwe-NCLH nePhilaPort, esisebenza kuze kube nguMashi 31, 2033. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi imisebenzi yokuvakasha ngemikhumbi ikhiqiza imisebenzi eqondile nengaqondile engaba ngu-2.185 kanye nomkhiqizo wezomnotho ocishe ube yizigidi ezingama-300 zamaRandi ngonyaka kulo lonke elasePennsylvania, okuthuthukisa imikhakha efana nezokuvakasha, ukungenisa izihambi, kanye nezokuthutha.
URich Lazer, umqondisi omkhulu wePhilaPort, uphawule ukuthi lo mfelandawonye uzoqinisa iPhiladelphia njengendawo yokwamukela imboni yezokuvakasha, uhehe izivakashi eziningi futhi udale amathuba kubahlali namabhizinisi eningizimu-mpumalanga yePennsylvania naseningizimu yeNew Jersey.
Imikhumbi nemizila ehleliwe
I-Norwegian Jewel, esivele isebenza kusukela ePhiladelphia, izoqhubeka nokuhamba ngomkhumbi kuze kube nguSepthemba 26, 2026, kanti i-Norwegian Pearl izofika edolobheni ngoNovemba 2026. Zombili zizohlinzeka ngezinhlelo zokuhamba zezinsuku ezinhlanu kuya kweziyishumi nane nezindawo ezihlanganisa iBermuda, iCaribbean, iBahamas, iCanada, neNew England, kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 2028. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Norwegian Cruise Line imemezele uhambo olusha lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa oluya eBermuda kanye nogu lwase-Atlantic oluhamba nge- Norwegian Gem ehlobo lika-2028.
Lesi siteshi savulwa ngo-Agasti 7, 2026, ngemuva kokubambezeleka ngenxa yesimo sezulu sasebusika. Ngesikhathi sokusebenza kwayo kokuqala, iNorwegian Jewel yahlola abagibeli eClarion Hotel, kodwa manje abagibeli sebengaya ngqo esikhungweni esisha.
Ngalesi sikhala, iPhiladelphia ithola indawo evelele ebalazweni lohambo lokuhamba ngesikebhe, kanti iNorwegian Cruise Line iqinisekisa ukuba khona okuzinzile ogwini lwase-Atlantic. Ukuhlanganiswa kokutshalwa kwezimali kwengqalasizinda, ukwesekwa komphakathi, kanye nohambo oluhlukahlukene kuthembisa ukukhulisa umnotho wendawo futhi kunikeze izinketho ezintsha zokuhamba kubagibeli.
