Mu mezi ashize, imvururu zikomeje kwiyongera mu Nyanja Itukura zatumye amasosiyete menshi mpuzamahanga y’ubwikorezi ahindura ingamba zayo zo kunyuramo, ahitamo kureka inzira y’inyanja Itukura yari ifite akaga ahubwo agahitamo kuzenguruka Cape of Good Hope mu majyepfo y’uburengerazuba bw’umugabane wa Afurika. Nta gushidikanya ko iyi mpinduka ari amahirwe y’ubucuruzi atunguranye kuri Afurika y’Epfo, igihugu gikomeye kiri mu nzira ya Afurika.
Ariko, nk'uko buri mahirwe aza, Afurika y'Epfo ihura n'ibibazo bidasanzwe kuko yitabira aya mahirwe. Kubera ubwiyongere bukabije bw'umubare w'amato, ibibazo by'ubushobozi byari bisanzwe ku byambu biri ku nzira ya Afurika y'Epfo byarushijeho gukomera. Kubura ibikoresho n'urwego rwa serivisi bituma ibyambu bya Afurika y'Epfo bitabasha guhangana n'umubare munini w'amato, kandi ubushobozi burahagije cyane kandi imikorere iragabanuka cyane.
Nubwo hari iterambere mu bijyanye no gushyira amakontenari mu rugi runini rwa Afurika y'Epfo, ibintu bibi nko kwangirika kw'imashini zitwara imizigo n'ikirere kibi biracyatera gutinda ku byambu bya Afurika y'Epfo. Ibi bibazo ntibigira ingaruka gusa ku mikorere isanzwe y'ibyambu bya Afurika y'Epfo, ahubwo binateza ibibazo bikomeye ku bigo mpuzamahanga by'ubwikorezi bihitamo kuzenguruka Cape of Good Hope.
Maersk yatanze umuburo ugaragaza ibitaraganya biheruka ku byambu bitandukanye muri Afurika y'Epfo ndetse n'ingamba zitandukanye zirimo gufatwa kugira ngo hagabanuke ibitaraganya bya serivisi.
Nk’uko itangazo ribivuga, igihe cyo gutegereza kuri Durban Pier 1 cyarushijeho kuba kibi kuva ku minsi 2-3 kugera ku minsi 5. Ikirushaho kuba kibi ni uko DCT Terminal 2 ya Durban idatanga umusaruro uhagije ugereranije n’uko byari byitezwe, aho amato ategereje iminsi 22-28. Byongeye kandi, Maersk yanaburiye ko icyambu cya Cape Town nacyo cyahuye n’igihombo gito, aho terminale zayo zihagarara bitewe n’umuyaga mwinshi, hari iminsi igera kuri itanu yo gutinda.
Mu gihe cy’iki kibazo kigoye, Maersk yasezeranyije abakiriya ko izagabanya gutinda binyuze mu kuvugurura uburyo bwo gutanga serivisi no gufata ingamba zihutirwa. Ibi birimo kunoza inzira zo gutwara imizigo, guhindura gahunda zo kohereza ibicuruzwa mu mahanga, no kunoza umuvuduko w’amato. Maersk yavuze ko amato ava muri Afurika y'Epfo azagenda ku muvuduko mwinshi kugira ngo yishyure igihe cyatakaye bitewe n’uko yatinze kandi arebe neza ko imizigo ishobora kugera aho igana ku gihe.
Bitewe n’ubwiyongere bukabije bw’ubwikorezi bw’amato, ibyambu byo muri Afurika y'Epfo birimo guhura n’umubyigano udasanzwe. Mu mpera z'Ugushyingo, ikibazo cy’umubyigano mu byambu byo muri Afurika y'Epfo cyari cyaragaragaye, aho igihe gitangaje cyo gutegereza amato kwinjira mu byambu binini: impuzandengo y’amasaha 32 yo kwinjira muri Port Elizabeth muri Cape y'Iburasirazuba, mu gihe ibyambu bya Nkula na Durban byatwaye amasaha 215 na 227. Ibi byatumye habaho ibirarane by’amakontineri arenga 100.000 hanze y’ibyambu byo muri Afurika y'Epfo, bishyira igitutu gikomeye ku nganda mpuzamahanga z’ubwikorezi bw’amato.
Ikibazo cy’ubwikorezi muri Afurika y’Epfo kimaze imyaka myinshi gikomeza kwiyongera, ahanini bitewe n’ibura ry’ishoramari rya leta mu bikorwa remezo by’uruhererekane rw’ibikoresho. Ibi bituma sisitemu z’ibyambu, gari ya moshi n’imihanda muri Afurika y’Epfo zishobora kwangirika kandi ntizishobore guhangana n’ubwiyongere butunguranye bw’ubwikorezi bw’ibicuruzwa.
Imibare iheruka igaragaza ko mu cyumweru gisoza ku ya 15 Werurwe, Ishyirahamwe ry’Abatwara Imodoka muri Afurika y’Epfo (SAAFF) ryatangaje ko umubare w’amakontineri agenzurwa n’icyambu wiyongereye cyane ukagera ku 8.838 ku munsi, ubwiyongere bugaragara uvuye ku 7.755 mu cyumweru gishize. Ikigo cya leta gishinzwe ibyambu Transnet cyatangaje kandi mu mibare yacyo yo muri Gashyantare ko imicungire y’amakontineri yiyongereyeho 23% ugereranyije na Mutarama naho izamukaho 26% ugereranyije n’umwaka ushize.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Werurwe-28-2024
