E loaʻa ana i ka Port of Baltimore ka mea holo mua holo waʻa holoʻokoʻa i ka wā e hāʻule ai ka Carnival Cruise Lines heleuma i laila i Kepakemapa 2009, i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā luna i ka Pōʻahā, e hoʻonui ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai i ka mokuʻāina.
E hoʻomaka ana ka "Carnival Pride" i nā moku holo moku ʻehiku lā mai Baltimore i kēlā me kēia pule a hiki i ʻAukake 2011, me ka hoʻonui nui ʻana i ka nui o nā huakaʻi ma waho o ke awa. E holo ana ka Royal Caribbean International a me Norwegian Cruise Line ma waho o ke awa mai ʻApelila a ʻOkakopa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jim White, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Maryland Port Administration, aia he 27 mau moku holo moku i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e haʻalele iā Baltimore i kēia makahiki. Ma 2009, ua ʻōlelo ʻo White e pālua ka helu me ka hoʻohui ʻana o Carnival a me kekahi mau huakaʻi hou i hoʻolālā ʻia e Royal Caribbean a me Norewai.
Ua loaʻa i ka ʻoihana holo moku ka hopena waiwai o $56 miliona i ka makahiki 2006, wahi āna.
"Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka pālua ʻana i ka leo, no laila hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo maʻalahi e pāpālua mākou i ka pōmaikaʻi waiwai i ka mokuʻāina," wahi a White. "E hoʻomaka mākou e ʻike i kēlā ma 2009. Ma 2010 manaʻolana mākou e ʻoi aku ka ikaika."
Ua kapa ʻo Gov. Martin O'Malley i ka hoʻoholo a Carnival e hoʻomaka mai Baltimore, "he lanakila nui no ka mokuʻāina ʻo Maryland."
Manaʻo ʻo Carnival e hoʻowalewale i ka poʻe 40 miliona i loko o kahi kaʻa ʻeono hola e hoʻokuʻu i ka huakaʻi alanui keʻa ʻāina a i ʻole ka lele ʻana i nā ʻāina ākea a holo i waho o Baltimore.
"He nui ka poʻe e hakakā nei me nā pilikia o ka lele ʻana a me ke kumukūʻai o ka lele ʻana," wahi a ka waha ʻōlelo Carnival ʻo Jennifer de la Cruz.
ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Baltimore he koho maʻamau no kahi wahi holo holo moku holoʻokoʻa no ka hoʻoilo anuanu, ʻōlelo ʻo de la Cruz ke manaʻo nei ka ʻoihana e hana maikaʻi.
“E hana ana mākou mai 17 mau awa ʻē aʻe; ua holomua loa kēia no mākou e hoʻonui ana ma mua o nā awa holo moku kahiko, "wahi āna.
Hāʻawi ka hui i ʻelua mau huakaʻi mai Baltimore, ʻaʻole i mamao loa i ka Caribbean. E kū hoʻokahi huakaʻi ma Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos a me Freeport ma Bahamas. E kū ka huakaʻi ʻē aʻe ma Port Canaveral, Fla., a me Nassau a me Freeport ma Bahamas.
Ua kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo Carnival ʻo ke koho holo moana pili i ka ʻohana, no laila ua ʻōlelo ʻo de la Cruz ʻaʻole pilikia ka hui i ka hoʻokūkū ʻana me Norwegian a me Royal Caribbean, e mālama ana i nā ʻano huakaʻi like ʻole.
"He ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia laina holo moku," wahi āna. "Inā he mea hoʻokele makahiki ʻoe mai kahi awa, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pōmaikaʻi ʻokoʻa ... ke manaʻo ka poʻe iā Baltimore, e manaʻo lākou e noʻonoʻo ʻo Carnival no ka mea ʻo mākou ka mea pāʻani holoʻokoʻa ma laila."
ʻOiai ʻaʻole manaʻo ʻo Carnival e hana nui i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana ma ia wahi, ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana o kāna mau moku e hoʻoulu i ka ʻoihana no nā stevedores, nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa a me nā hōkele.
"I kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e hoʻi ai i kahi moku ma kahi wahi, aia kahi hopena hoʻokele waiwai," wahi a de la Cruz. "ʻO ke awa home kahi e hana ai ka poʻe hana i ka hapa nui o kā lākou kūʻai pilikino, a makemake lākou e kūʻai. Kūleʻa lākou i ka holo ʻana mai ka moku i ka wā e kū ai mākou i nā hale kūʻai āpau. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sara Perkins, nona ka CruiseOne, kahi hui huakaʻi ma Abingdon, i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāna mau ʻike, manaʻo ʻo ia e kūleʻa loa ʻo Carnival ma Baltimore.
"Hele mai ʻo Carnival i ʻaneʻi i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei a ua hoʻopiha ʻia lākou no ka mea he moku hou ia, he mea ʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole kūʻai ke kumukūʻai," wahi a Perkins.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi moku ʻē aʻe i ka pā e hoʻoulu maoli i ka ʻoihana no Perkins, ka mea i ʻōlelo me ka lohi o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ke holo nei ka poʻe.
"He waiwai maikaʻi ka holo ʻana no kāu kālā no ka mea aia nā mea āpau iā ʻoe," wahi āna. "ʻIke wau i ka poʻe e hele ana i waho o Baltimore e make ana no kahi moku ʻē aʻe."
ʻOiai ua ʻōlelo ʻo Perkins ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka lono o kahi moku holo moku hou e hele mai ana i ke kūlanakauhale, loaʻa iā ia kekahi mau manawa.
"Ke hopohopo iki nei au i ka papahana a puni ka makahiki," wahi āna. "Ke haʻalele ʻoe i ʻaneʻi i Ianuali, Pepeluali a me Malaki, ʻaʻole mehana ma waho."
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Manaʻo ʻo Carnival e hoʻowalewale i ka poʻe 40 miliona i loko o kahi kaʻa ʻeono hola e hoʻokuʻu i ka huakaʻi alanui keʻa ʻāina a i ʻole ka lele ʻana i nā ʻāina ākea a holo i waho o Baltimore.
- ʻOiai ʻaʻole manaʻo ʻo Carnival e hana nui i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana ma ia wahi, ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana o kāna mau moku e hoʻoulu i ka ʻoihana no nā stevedores, nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa a me nā hōkele.
- “When you are a year-round operator from a port you have a distinct advantage…when people think Baltimore, they're going to tend to think Carnival because we are the year-round player there.
