A cikin 'yan watannin nan, karuwar tashin hankali a Tekun Bahar Maliya ya sa kamfanonin jigilar kaya na ƙasashen duniya da yawa suka daidaita dabarunsu na hanya, suka zaɓi yin watsi da hanyar Tekun Bahar Maliya mai haɗari, maimakon haka suka zaɓi yin yawo a Cape of Good Hope a kudu maso yammacin nahiyar Afirka. Wannan sauyi babu shakka wata dama ce ta kasuwanci da ba a zata ba ga Afirka ta Kudu, wata muhimmiyar ƙasa a kan hanyar Afirka.
Duk da haka, kamar yadda kowace dama ke zuwa da ƙalubale, Afirka ta Kudu na fuskantar ƙalubalen da ba a taɓa gani ba yayin da take rungumar wannan dama. Tare da ƙaruwar yawan jiragen ruwa, matsalolin da ake fuskanta a tashoshin jiragen ruwa a kan hanyar Afirka ta Kudu sun ƙara tsananta. Rashin kayan aiki da matakan hidima ya sa tashoshin jiragen ruwan Afirka ta Kudu ba za su iya jure wa yawan jiragen ruwa ba, kuma ƙarfin ba shi da yawa kuma ingancinsa ya ragu sosai.
Duk da ci gaban da aka samu a fannin fitar da kwantena a babbar hanyar shiga Afirka ta Kudu, wasu abubuwa marasa kyau kamar lalacewar kura da kuma mummunan yanayi har yanzu suna haifar da jinkiri a tashoshin jiragen ruwan Afirka ta Kudu. Waɗannan matsalolin ba wai kawai suna shafar yadda ake gudanar da tashoshin jiragen ruwan Afirka ta Kudu ba ne, har ma suna kawo matsala ga kamfanonin jigilar jiragen ruwa na ƙasashen duniya waɗanda suka zaɓi su zagaya Cape of Good Hope.
Kamfanin Maersk ya fitar da sanarwar da ke bayani game da jinkirin da aka samu a tashoshin jiragen ruwa daban-daban a Afirka ta Kudu da kuma wasu matakai da ake dauka don rage jinkirin da ake samu a ayyukan.
A cewar sanarwar, lokacin jira a Durban Pier 1 ya ta'azzara daga kwana 2-3 zuwa kwana 5. Abin da ya ƙara dagula lamarin, tashar DCT 2 ta Durban ba ta da wani amfani kamar yadda ake tsammani, inda jiragen ruwa ke jira na tsawon kwanaki 22-28. Bugu da ƙari, Maersk ta kuma yi gargaɗin cewa tashar jiragen ruwa ta Cape Town ma ta sha wahala sakamakon ƙaramin asara, tashoshinta saboda iska mai ƙarfi, akwai har zuwa kwanaki biyar na jinkiri.
A yayin da ake fuskantar wannan ƙalubale, Maersk ta yi wa abokan ciniki alƙawarin cewa za ta rage jinkiri ta hanyar jerin gyare-gyare na hanyoyin sadarwa na sabis da matakan gaggawa. Waɗannan sun haɗa da inganta hanyoyin jigilar kaya, daidaita tsare-tsaren jigilar kaya, da inganta saurin jiragen ruwa. Maersk ta ce jiragen ruwa da ke tashi daga Afirka ta Kudu za su yi tafiya cikin sauri don rama lokacin da aka ɓata saboda jinkiri da kuma tabbatar da cewa kayan jigilar kaya za su iya isa inda suke a kan lokaci.
Ganin yadda ake fuskantar ƙaruwar buƙatar jigilar kaya, tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Afirka ta Kudu na fuskantar cunkoson da ba a taɓa gani ba. Tun daga ƙarshen watan Nuwamba, matsalar cunkoson jiragen ruwa a tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Afirka ta Kudu ta bayyana, tare da jira mai yawa na jiragen ruwa su shiga manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa: matsakaicin sa'o'i 32 kafin su shiga Port Elizabeth a Gabashin Cape, yayin da tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Nkula da Durban suka ɗauki tsawon sa'o'i 215 da 227 bi da bi. Wannan lamari ya haifar da tarin kwantena sama da 100,000 a wajen tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Afirka ta Kudu, wanda hakan ya sanya matsin lamba mai yawa ga masana'antar jigilar jiragen ruwa ta duniya.
Matsalar sufuri a Afirka ta Kudu ta daɗe tana ƙaruwa, galibi saboda rashin saka hannun jari na gwamnati a fannin samar da kayayyaki. Wannan ya sa tashoshin jiragen ruwa, layin dogo da hanyoyin Afirka ta Kudu ke fuskantar matsala kuma ba za su iya jure wa ƙaruwar buƙatun jigilar kaya ba kwatsam.
Sabbin alkaluma sun nuna cewa a makon da ya ƙare a ranar 15 ga Maris, ƙungiyar masu jigilar kaya ta Afirka ta Kudu (SAAFF) ta ba da rahoton ƙaruwa mai yawa a yawan kwantena da tashar jiragen ruwa ke sarrafawa a matsakaici zuwa 8,838 a kowace rana, babban ƙaruwa daga 7,755 a makon da ya gabata. Kamfanin jiragen ruwa na gwamnati Transnet shi ma ya ba da rahoto a cikin alkaluman watan Fabrairu cewa sarrafa kwantena ya karu da kashi 23 cikin ɗari daga Janairu kuma ya karu da kashi 26 cikin ɗari a shekara.
Lokacin Saƙo: Maris-28-2024