Abaqhubi beemoto kumasipala ombaxa iNelson Mandela Bay abazukonwabela ukuthotywa kwexabiso lepetroli elibhengezwe kuMzantsi Afrika uphela ukusukela ngoLwesithathu, umhla wesibini kweyeDwarha.
Isikhululo seetanki ezonakeleyo kwiZibuko laseBhayi sithetha ukuba amafutha ngoku athunyelwa kumasipala ombaxa esuka eMonti.
“Izibuko laseBhayi (PE) livalwe okwethutyana ngenxa yesiganeko esenzeke eZibukweni ngoJuni ka-2024. UMphathiswa weMithombo yeziMbiwa naMandla ukwamkele ukuphunyezwa kwerhafu ehlaziyiweyo yezothutho kwipetroli, idizili kunye neParafini ye-Illuminating. (IP) izakhiwo zexabiso njengenyathelo lexeshana de i-Port of PE isebenze, ukususela ngomhla we-2 ka-Okthobha ka-2024, “iSebe leMithombo yeziMbiwa kunye naMandla kwingxelo.
Oku kuthetha ukuba abahlali baseGqeberha abazukuzuza ngokupheleleyo ekuthotyweni kwamaxabiso epetroli okuqale ukusebenza kuMzantsi Afrika jikelele ngolwesiThathu, nge-95 yepetroli yehle nge-R1.14 ilitha kwaye idizili yehle nge-R1.12 (50ppm) I-R1.14 (500ppm).
Transnet regional manager Pamela Yoyo told the Daily Maverick that repair works were due to be completed at the Port Elizabeth Harbor by November 2024, with the berth likely to be recommissioned in the early part of December.
Ezi ndleko zongezelelweyo ziyahluka phakathi kwemimandla. Ngokwenyani, abo baqhubi beemoto kwindawo yaseBay bancitshiswe ngeesenti ezingama-83 (endaweni ye-R1.14 yoMzantsi Afrika ngokubanzi), ngelixa abo baseKariega bafumana ukucuthwa nje ngeesenti ezingama-50 kwaye abahlali baseKirkwood bancedwa ngeesenti
ezingama-45 kuphela, utshilo. Umphathi oyintloko weNMB Business Chamber uDenise Van Huyssteen.
“I-Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber iqaphela ngokuxhalaba okukhulu ukuba amaxabiso ezithuthi ahlaziyiweyo aphunyeziwe kumaxabiso epetroli, idizili kunye neparafini kumasipala ombaxa neendawo ezingqongileyo ukusukela namhlanje,” utshilo uvan Huyssteen.
“Esi sigqibo sixhasa icala elinye nesingenabulungisa asiyithatheli ngqalelo into yokuba iNelson Mandela Bay ikwimeko yokudodobala koqoqosho kwaye iphakathi kwezona zinga ziphezulu zentswela-ngqesho kweli lizwe. Ngokufanayo, uxanduva lokuphendula ngalo mba lugqithiselwe kubathengi nakumashishini asele egxadazela kwiziphumo zokunyuka kwamaxabiso ombane amakhulu akutsha nje kunye nezinye izinto ezichaphazela iindleko zokuphila kunye neendleko ezinxulumene namashishini asebenzayo.
“Nangona siqonda ukuba olu lwakhiwo lwamaxabiso lolokwexeshana, kwanokuba yakuba ilungisiwe indawo yokulala iya kubuyela kwindawo ebikade inikezelwe, esi sigqibo sisenesiphumo esisisigxina kwaye sinokuba neempembelelo kuhlengahlengiso lwamaxabiso amafutha exesha elizayo, ” wongeze watsho uvan Huyssteen