Tsibirin Tsibiri na Amurka: Shirye-shiryen yin maraba da manyan jiragen ruwa

Bayan taron kwanan nan na wani karamin kwamiti na St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce, Gwamnan Tsibirin Budurwar Amurka Kenneth E. Mapp ya lura da tsare-tsare na inganta ababen more rayuwa da kuma ƙarin ƙarfin haƙora don ɗaukar manyan jiragen ruwa a tashar jiragen ruwa na Crown Bay da The West Indian Company (WICO).

"Tsarin manyan jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa gaskiya ne kuma muna aiki tare za mu iya samun mafita wanda zai ba St. Thomas damar ci gaba da yin gasa da kuma samar da damar ci gaba," in ji Gwamna Mapp.

St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce ya mayar da martani mai kyau game da shirye-shiryen Gwamna na inganta ayyukan tattalin arziki a fadin gundumar.

Taswirar Gwamnati da membobin ƙungiyar Tashar jiragen ruwa na Tsibirin Budurwa sun zayyana ayyukan da ake ci gaba da toshewa, wanda aka ba da kuɗaɗen ta cikin kashi na farko na Sashen Gidaje da Ci gaban Birane na Amurka (CDBG) bayan guguwar bara. Dredging zai ba da damar jiragen ruwa na Quantum su tsaya a gefen arewa a Crown Bay da tasoshin Oasis Class don sauka a cibiyar Kamfanin Kamfanin Indiya ta Yamma.

Haɓaka ƙwarewar baƙo kuma shine batun tattaunawa a taron. Gwamna Mapp ya raba cewa Ma'aikatar yawon shakatawa na kan aiwatar da samar da ƙarin nishaɗi da masu gaisawa don baje kolin ƙwararrun 'yan tsibirin Virgin a duk tashoshin jiragen ruwa da yankunan cikin gari. Har ila yau, an tattauna shi ne sha'awar haɓaka haɗin gwiwa tare da 'yan kasuwa a kan babban titin Revitalization aikin don taimakawa wajen rage tasirin kasuwanci ba tare da jinkirta aikin ba.

Babban jami'in yankin ya kuma raba ci gaba da kokarin inganta harkokin sufuri da kuma kara yawan jami'an kwastam da na kare kan iyakoki na Amurka a cikin yankin a matsayin hanyar da za ta hanzarta aiwatar da binciken da samar da saukin zirga-zirgar zirga-zirga yayin da tsibirin Virgin Islands ke shirin samun karin jiragen sama da masu ziyara a lokacin. lokacin hunturu mai zuwa.

Kungiyar ta ji gabatarwa daga Hukumar Kula da tashar jiragen ruwa ta Virgin Islands (VIPA) game da yuwuwar ci gaba a Crown Bay wanda ke fasalta ayyuka irin su hanyar hawan keke / tafiya daga tashar jiragen ruwa zuwa Lindbergh Bay. Kamfanin Yammacin Indiya ya gabatar da ra'ayoyi don faɗaɗa ƙarfin haɗin gwiwa, yayin da Kwamishinan Ayyuka na Jama'a Nelson Petty ya sabunta ƙungiyar kan aikin haɓakar Tuƙi na Tsohon soja, wanda ke kan jadawalin.

Gwamna Mapp ya kuma lura da samfuran yawon buɗe ido da gogewa a gundumar yana inganta saboda haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyin jama'a da masu zaman kansu. Ya yaba da gudunmawar kamfanonin Carnival Corporation - Princess Cruises da Carnival Cruise Line - waɗanda suka sadaukar da $ 800,000 don tallafawa ayyuka daban-daban, ciki har da gidan kayan gargajiya na yara, shirin ƙananan ɗakunan karatu, gina filin wasa na yara (Carnival Fun Park) a Emile Griffith Park da kuma $20,000 a cikin kayayyaki da kayan aiki don Gymnasium na Sakandare na Charlotte Amalie. Gidauniyar Al'umma ta Tsibirin Budurwa ne ke gudanar da kuɗin waɗannan ayyukan.

Bugu da kari, Kamfanin Carnival ya himmatu ga shirin kiɗan da ke ba da kayan kida ga Sashen Ilimi da kuma shirin da zai sa ɗalibai su shiga cikin jiragen ruwa. Hakanan ana shirin samun jami'ai daga laccar layukan jiragen ruwa a makarantu.

Gwamna Mapp ya ce ire-iren wadannan hadin gwiwar na da matukar muhimmanci wajen dinke guraben da ake samu ko dai ba a samu kudade ba a karkashin shirye-shiryen tarayya: "Muna fatan ci gaba da karfafa hadin gwiwarmu da masana'antun jiragen ruwa."

A halin yanzu, Tashar jiragen ruwa na Tsibirin Budurwa - ƙawancen da ya haɗa da Sashen Yawon shakatawa, VIPA da WICO - ya ci gaba da himma don ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwa tare da Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) da ƙungiyar jiragen ruwa na Gabashin Caribbean kwanan nan.

Wadanda suka halarci taron sun hada da wakilan kungiyar kasuwanci Richard Berry, Vivek Daswani, Michael Creque, Filippo Cassinelli da John Woods; Babban Darakta na VIPA David Mapp da Manajan Kasuwanci Deborah Washington; Shugaban WICO Clifford Graham; Kwamishinan Petty; da Kwamishinan Yawon shakatawa Beverly Nicholson-Doty tare da membobin Sashen Yawon shakatawa Angela Payne, Darakta Kwarewar Baƙi, da Tanya Duran, wanda ke aiki a matsayin Daraktan Ayyuka na ofis.