ʻO ke kūlana o Southampton ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā awa holo moku nui o ka honua i kahakaha ʻia e ka nūhou ʻo ka hope loa o ka Big Three o ka ʻoihana e hoʻomaka i nā hana nui ma aneʻi i ka makahiki aʻe.
Hiki i ka Daily Echo ke hōʻike wale iā MSC Cruises e hoʻokumu i ka moku 60,000-ton MSC Opera ma ke kūlanakauhale - ka manawa mua i hana ai ma aneʻi.
E holo ana ka ʻoihana Italia i 13 mau holoholo mai Southampton i Mei a Kepakemapa 2011 ʻoiai hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū ʻo ia me Carnival UK a me Royal Caribbean International, ua hoʻokumu maikaʻi ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale.
A i kahi hoʻonui hoʻonui no ka pahu o Southampton, lawe ʻo MSC i mau kaukani kipa i ke kūlanakauhale no nā huakaʻi o ke ao.
Ua ʻōlelo nā poʻe ʻelele kūwa nui he mea nui ia i kēia manawa ua hoʻomohala ke kūlanakauhale i kahi hoʻolālā no ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā malihini kipa e noho ma Southampton ma mua o ka "nalo ʻana ma ke kaʻa ʻōhua".
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Giulio Libutti, MSC Cruises 'UK a me ʻIlani: "ʻO ka holoholo ʻana mai kahi awa o UK ke lilo i mea makemake a makemake nui ʻia a hauʻoli mākou i ka hana pū ʻana me Southampton ma 2011
"Ua kūpono kūpono ʻo Southampton i kā mākou ala hou i hoʻolālā ʻia e holoholo nei i ka ʻākau o Palani, Sepania a me Pokukala. ʻO nā hanana a me nā pono ma ke awa a me ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻolilo iā Southampton i awa makemake ʻia a maikaʻi no mākou, me nā loulou halihali maikaʻi i hāʻawi ʻia e ke alanui, ke kaʻaahi a me ka lewa, kahi e ʻoi aku ai ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe i nā mea kaʻa. "Eia naʻe, e hoʻokau ʻo MSC Cruises i kona alo. ʻike ʻia ma Southampton i ka hoʻomaka o ka mahina e hiki mai ana ke lawe mai i ka mea hou, MSC Magnifica i ke kūlanakauhale no kahi hanana hanana hoʻomaka.
A laila ma hope o ka makahiki, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo MSC Poseia e hoʻomaka i kahi huakaʻi hele hoʻokahi - ʻo ʻAkelanika i Nu Ioka mai Southampton.
ʻO MSC Cruises, ke kolu o nā ʻoihana nui he 11 me nā moku lawelawe, e hoʻokūkū iā Carnival UK, ka hui makua o Cunard, P&O Cruises a me Princess Cruises, a me Royal Caribbean International, me kāna mahele ʻo Celebrity Cruises, ma Southampton.
Ua haʻi ʻo Doug Morrison, ka luna o ke awa ʻo Southampton, "Ua hauʻoli loa mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā MSC Cruises i ke awa i Pepeluali e hōʻike i ko lākou moku hou ʻo MSC Magnifica.
"ʻO kēia, me ka hoʻolaha pīhoihoi o kā lākou hoʻoholo e holo mai Southampton ma 2011, he nūhou kupaianaha ia no ke kūlanakauhale a me nā wahi a puni.
"I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻopukapuka aku mākou ma mua o ka £ 41 miliona i loko o kā mākou moku lawaiʻa holo moana e hōʻoia i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi āpau e hoʻohana ana i ke awa i kahi ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a maikaʻi hoʻi. E pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi MSC mai kā mākou mau wahi i hoʻopihapiha ʻia, a ke lana nei ko mākou manaʻo e hauʻoli pū nō hoʻi lākou i nā ākea o ka ʻāina. "
ʻO kahi kanaka ʻoihana holomoana holomua, ka mea makemake ʻole e kāhea ʻia ka inoa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Southampton e hoʻokūkū e lanakila i kahi ʻāpana o ka paona mākaʻikaʻi.
"E haʻalele ana ʻo MSC i nā ohua he 2,000 e noho i ka lā ma ia ʻāina. He manawa kūpono ia no ke kūlanakauhale, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Pono mākou e hui pū i kā mākou hana a hana i kahi hoʻolālā a i ʻole e nalo wale lākou āpau mai ke kūlanakauhale ma kahi kaʻa ʻōhua ma kahi.
"E hoʻokau pū paha mākou i kahi pūʻulu nani me kahi kaʻa ʻōhua manuahi i WestQuay a i ʻole kekahi mea e hoʻāʻo a hoʻowalewale iā lākou e noho."
Kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 2003, ke kaulike, 60,000 tona, he 878 staterooms ka MSC Opera, hāʻawi nui nā balconies pilikino, ʻelua wai ʻauʻau, hale waihona puke, hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni, hale haʻuki a me kahi spa olakino
ʻO ka mahina aʻe e ʻoi aku ana ma mua o 2,000 mau ʻelele o nā ʻoihana hoʻouna a me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi i Southampton i ka hopena pule o ka Pōʻaono, Pepeluali 27 a me ka Lāpule, Pepeluali 28, e komo pū i loko o nā hanana hoʻolauleʻa e hōʻailona i ko MSC Magnifica komo ʻana i ka lawelawe.
Hiki i nā MSC Cruises ke huli i kona aʻa i ka makahiki 1960 i ka wā i hoʻokumu mua ʻia ai ʻo ia ʻo Lauro Lines ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i kona inoa i kēia manawa ma 1994.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Next month more than 2,000 representatives of the shipping and travel industries are expected in Southampton over the weekend of Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28, to take part in a series of inaugural celebrations to mark MSC Magnifica's entry into service.
- The infrastructure and amenities at the port and in the city make Southampton a desirable and attractive port for us, with great transport links offered by road, rail and air,which will better service our passengers.
- Ua ʻōlelo nā poʻe ʻelele kūwa nui he mea nui ia i kēia manawa ua hoʻomohala ke kūlanakauhale i kahi hoʻolālā no ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā malihini kipa e noho ma Southampton ma mua o ka "nalo ʻana ma ke kaʻa ʻōhua".
