Omunye wemikhumbi yamabhontjisi emikhulukazi emhlabeni wagadla eSuez Canal, uvimba ngokuphelele ithrafikhi emthanjeni obalulekile wokuhweba ohlanganisa iYurophu, i-Asia, i-United States kanye neMpumalanga Ephakathi, ngokusho kwedatha yomgwaqo wokuhambisa. Cishe u-12% wezohwebo zomhlaba udlula kulo mfula, u-30% wemikhumbi yemikhumbi yomhlaba ngonyaka, kanye nemiphongolo engama-600 kawoyela ongahluziwe osuka eMiddle East uya eYurophu nase-United States nsuku zonke. Isiteshi sihlala singumthombo oyinhloko wemali engenayo eGibhithe.
Ingozi yenzeke cishe ngo-05: 40 GMT ngoLwesibili (Mashi 23), i-CTO yaseBernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), engumnikazi womkhumbi, itshele iReuters.
Ekungeneni komsele, amathangi anamafutha, igesi yemvelo encibilikisiwe, imikhumbi yeziqukathi enezimpahla ezahlukahlukene, imikhumbi yezimpahla ezomile iyanqwabelana. Ngokusho kwenkampani yomhlaziyi iKpler, amathangi amahlanu kagesi wemvelo onamanzi (LNG) ahlulekile ukudlula kulo mfula ngoLwesithathu - amathathu abelibhekise e-Asia kanti amabili abheke eYurophu. Uma isiminyaminya siqhubeka kuze kuphele leli sonto, sizothinta ukuhamba kwamathangi ayi-15 e-LNG siphazamise lonke uhlelo lokuthumela.
Unamathele endleleni namathangi ayi-10 anemiphongolo kawoyela eyizigidi eziyi-13, ngokusho kukaVortexa.
Ukuvula kuzothatha izinsuku ezimbalwa esimweni esiphumelelayo. Umkhumbi ungamamitha angama-400 ubude namamitha angama-60 ububanzi. Umkhumbi wagijimela engxenyeni encane yomsele ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi - ngokuvunguza komoya okuqinile nokwathatha isikhathi eside, okwashintsha inkambo yawo.