Layukan jiragen ruwa na barazanar janyewar Mombasa

Ma'aikatan jiragen ruwa na kasa da kasa sun yi barazanar ficewa daga tashar jiragen ruwa na Mombasa, suna masu yin la'akari da tsadar ayyukan da sabbin kara harajin da aka gabatar ke kawowa kan dukkan ayyukan jiragen ruwa da tashar jiragen ruwa.

Layukan sun yi nuni da cewa matakin da gwamnatin Kenya ta dauka bai dace ba, a daidai lokacin da masu ruwa da tsaki a harkokin kasuwanci a masana'antar safarar jiragen ruwa a yankin ke kokawa da illar tabarbarewar tattalin arzikin duniya.

Kamfanonin jiragen ruwa na duniya sun kuma ce suna fafutukar ganin an shawo kan matsalar fashin teku a cikin ruwan yankin, ba tare da la’akari da tsadar jirgin ruwa da tsadar man fetur ke haifarwa ba da kuma nuna halin ko in kula.

Ya kara da cewa harajin da gwamnatin Kenya ke biya bai dace ba kuma yana haifar da yanayi mara kyau na kasuwanci.

Sama da sama, da'awar layin jiragen ruwa na cewa suna ƙauracewa tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Gabashin Afirka na Mombasa, Dar es Salaam da Zanzibar saboda ƙarancin ababen more rayuwa.

Ministan kula da harkokin yawon bude ido Najib Balala ya shaidawa jaridar EastAfrican cewa, ya tabo batun ne da takwaransa na Kudi, Uhuru Kenyatta, da nufin kebe masu safarar jiragen ruwa daga biyan harajin VAT.

“An yi harajin ne ga masu amfani da tashar jiragen ruwa. An tsara hakan ne kawai a kan bukatar Ma’aikatar Kudi ta ba da kuɗaɗen kasafin kuɗi. Duk da cewa ina jajantawa ma’aikatar wajen neman wadannan kudade, jiragen ruwa na ruwa ba su da tasha kawai da aka tanadar musu, don haka muna tattaunawa kan lamarin,” Mista Balala ya bayyana.

Ya kara da cewa "A nan akwai wani yanayi da aka kama tsakanin dutse da wuri mai wuya."

Tashar jiragen ruwa ta Durban ta sanar da cewa ya zuwa yanzu ta tsara kiran kiraye-kirayen tashoshi 53 da suka hada da na jirgin ruwa na Kamfanonin Jiragen Ruwa na Bahar Rum na MSC Sinfonia.

Jirgin zai kasance a Durban tsakanin Nuwamba da Afrilu 2010.

Sauran sun hada da giant 150,000-gt Sarauniya Mary 2, kira a Cape Town da Durban, P&O cruise ship Aurora, Crystal Cruises 'Crystal Serenity, Fred Olsen's Balmoral da Bakwai Seas Voyager da Holland America's Amsterdam.

Daga baya a cikin shekarar, jiragen ruwa na jirgin ruwa na Vista guda biyu Noordam da Westerdam za su ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin ruwan Afirka ta Kudu na tsawon lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya ta ƙwallon ƙafa ta 2010.

Dukkan wadannan jiragen an yi nufin su ne a tashar jiragen ruwa na Mombasa.

A cikin wasiƙun da aka aikewa hukumar kula da tashoshin jiragen ruwa ta Kenya, layukan jigilar kayayyaki sun ce shawarar da suka yanke na baiwa Mombasa faffadar fage ya kasance ne saboda VAT ɗin za ta ƙara kuɗin kira a tashar.

Idan masu layin dogo sun tabbatar da barazanarsu, matakin zai yi tasiri ga Dar da Zanzibar yayin da tashoshin jiragen ruwa guda uku ke hade da juna.

Mombasa tana da kason kasuwa mai yawa na kasuwancin saboda kusancinta da wuraren kare namun daji, kyawawan rairayin bakin teku masu yashi da otal. Dar es Salaam na biyu sannan Zanzibar.

A cikin wasiƙun, waɗanda manyan kamfanonin jiragen ruwa na duniya suka aika a cikin kwanaki daban-daban a watan da ya gabata ta manyan kamfanonin jiragen ruwa na duniya - Kamfanin Jiragen Ruwa na Bahar Rum (MSC) da Costa Romantica - an bayyana cewa za a tattauna batun ta taron kwamitin Turai na Cruise Council wanda zai gudana wani lokaci a wannan watan. .

“Sabbin bukatu za su kara kudin yin kira a tashar jiragen ruwa na Mombasa da kashi 16 cikin dari. Misali, kudaden tukin jirgi, wanda kowane aiki ana biyan mafi ƙarancin cajin $150, zai tashi zuwa $174. Pilotage daya ne daga cikin ayyukan da KPA ke bayarwa,” wata wasika daga MSC mai kwanan wata 17 ga Satumbar wannan shekara.

Ya ci gaba da cewa: “Ku lura cewa, idan aka yi la’akari da yadda matsalar ke damun masu safarar jiragen ruwa na kasa da kasa, za a tattauna batun a taron hukumar kula da jiragen ruwa na Turai a wata mai zuwa.
"Jirgin ruwa na MSC suna tafiya a duk duniya a duk shekara, suna kira a muhimman tashoshin jiragen ruwa na duniya. Da fatan za a yarda da ni lokacin da na ce wannan ne karo na farko da muka fuskanci irin wannan zargi."

Wasiƙa daga Costa mai kwanan wata 8 ga Satumba ta ce: “Yanzu muna nazarin madadin kiran tashar jiragen ruwa don guje wa karuwar farashin kuma za mu ba ku shawarar kowane canje-canjen jadawalin da muka yi. Za mu kuma ba da rahoton wannan batu ga iyayenmu kamfanin, Carnival Corporation Plc, wanda ke gudanar da mafi yawan jiragen ruwa a duniya, ciki har da Holland America, Princes Cruise, Cunard / P&O Cruise, Seabourn, AID da Iberocruceros.

"Ku ɗauki wannan tare da hukumomin da abin ya shafa kuma ku gargaɗe su cewa suna cikin haɗarin rasa manyan kasuwancin jiragen ruwa a Mombasa idan suka zaɓi sanya irin waɗannan manyan kudade."

Sabis na ruwa da ake tsammanin za a yi wa tanadin VAT mai ladabtarwa sun haɗa da kuɗaɗen matukin jirgi, sabis na tug, sabis na mooring, kuɗin tashar jiragen ruwa da tashar jiragen ruwa, samar da ruwan sha mai kyau, tashar jirgin ruwa, jirgin ruwa da anka, a cikin jerin dogon jerin.

Da yake mayar da martani kan barazanar, babban manajan gudanarwa na hukumar tashohin ruwan Kenya Joseph Atonga, ya ce sun tuntubi hukumomin da abin ya shafa, kuma yana sa ran za a magance matsalar nan ba da dadewa ba.

A cikin wasikar da ya rubuta mai dauke da kwanan watan 25 ga watan Satumba, Mista Atonga, ya ce za a ci gaba da kasancewa a halin da ake ciki har sai an warware matsalar ta hanyar ma’aikatar da abin ya shafa.

"Bari in bayyana yadda ya dace Kenya ta sake tunani game da shawarar da ta yanke, tare da babban tasirin tattalin arziki kai tsaye da kuma kai tsaye na kowane jirgin ruwa da ke zuwa Mombasa. Sakamakon hukuncin zai yi illa ga bangaren,” in ji wasikar MSC da aka aika zuwa ga manajan daraktan KPA James Mulewa.

Dangane da kididdigar kungiyar Cruise Lines International Association, jirgin fasinja dauke da mutane 2,000 da ma'aikatan jirgin 950 yana haifar da matsakaicin $ 322,705 a cikin kashewa kowane kira a tashar tashar gida.

Irin wannan jirgin da ke ziyartar tashar jiragen ruwa yana samar da dala 275,000 a cikin ciyarwar kan teku.

Kungiyar ta yi kiyasin cewa mutane miliyan 14 za su yi balaguro a cikin wannan shekarar.

Lokacin tafiye-tafiye yana farawa ne a watan Nuwamba kuma yana ci gaba har zuwa Maris, shekara mai zuwa, a lokacin lokacin sanyi na Turai.

A yankin, a cewar darektan Abercrombie da Kent Kenya Auni Kanji, wani dan yawon bude ido na balaguro yana kashe kusan dala 200 a rana.

Bincike ya nuna cewa tsakanin kashi 50 zuwa 70 cikin XNUMX na fasinjojin sun ce suna son komawa hutun kasa bayan sun ziyarci wata sabuwar kasa a karon farko.

Kasuwancin ya kasance cikin kwanciyar hankali kwanan nan, tare da ƙasar ta yi rikodin kira takwas a bara sabanin 20 a cikin 2005/2006.

Tashar jiragen ruwa ta Mombasa na sa ran samun jiragen ruwa takwas ko 10 a wannan kakar, daga watan Nuwamba.

Layukan jigilar kayayyaki na Costa, duk da haka, sun sanar da cewa za su ba Mombasa faffadan fage idan ba a cire VAT ba.

“A halin yanzu, muna da jimillar kiraye-kiraye takwas da aka shirya yi a kakar wasa ta 2009/2010, daga farkon Disamba, shekara ta uku. Yanzu muna sake duba madadin tashoshin kira don guje wa karuwar farashin. Za mu ba ku shawarar kowane canje-canjen jadawalin, ”in ji Costa Crociere SPA a wata wasika mai kwanan wata 8 ga Disamba, 2008, zuwa KPA.

Ana sa ran tashoshin jiragen ruwa na gabashin Afirka, musamman Mombasa, za su ci gajiyar zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa da ake sa ran Afirka ta Kudu za ta yi a gasar cin kofin duniya.

A halin da ake ciki kuma, Kenya ta nuna rashin amincewa da matakin da Birtaniya ta dauka na sanyawa masu yawon bude ido daga London zuwa kasashe masu tasowa kudi £95 ($153).

Hakan zai yi illa ga harkar yawon bude ido, in ji Mista Balala a wani taron kasa da kasa.

Da yake jawabi a zama na 18 na majalisar UNWTO Babban taron da aka gudanar a birnin Astana na kasar Kazakhstan, Mista Balala ya ce matakin zai hana masu yawon bude ido da dama zuwa Kenya da sauran kasashe masu tasowa.