Picha juu ni Meli za Mv Skagit ambazo kwa mara ya kwanza tuliripoti kwenye blog hii ununuzi wake tarehe 19/02/2011 na hapa chini ndiyo maelezo yake
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Mapara Othman: 'Vifaa vilivyonunuliwa kutoka Marekani - Washington State na moja ya kampuni za usafiri kwa Dola laki nne kwa zote mbili ambapo vitakapowasili vitatoa huduma za usafiri kati ya Zanzibar na Dar.
Boti hizi zilitengenezwa mwaka 1989 na kila moja ina uwezo wa kubeba abiria 250 ziliwahi kuwekwa kwenye mtandao wa E bay kwa bei ya Dola laki tatu kila moja lakini hazikupata wateja. Zilipotengenezwa mwaka 1989 ziligharimu Dola milioni tano.Sijui zitakapowasili zitapewa majina gani.''
The state finally has sold two of its discarded passenger-only ferries, the Kalama and the Skagit, to the African nation Tanzania.
The ferries have been docked and inactive since September 2009. The Legislature ordered the state to get out of the passenger-only ferry business in '06.
The two ferries had been sold to a boat broker in Port Coquitlam, B.C., which sold them to Tanzania. They will be put in service between the mainland of Tanzania and the Zanzibar archipelago. They were sold for $400,000 combined, far below the $900,000 value the state said they were worth in December 2009.
Marta Coursey, spokeswoman for Washington State Ferries, said the two boats will be taken to Africa by cargo ship.
The state had hoped to sell the two 112-foot boats locally, but when that failed, it placed them for auction on eBay, asking $300,000 each, with no success. The ferries were built in New Orleans and purchased in 1989 for $5 million.
Ferry historian Steve Pickens said the Kalama and the Skagit were the first two passenger-only boats the state built. They were supposed to go into service in 1989 but were tied up because there was no money to run them.
Following the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, the two vessels were sent to San Francisco and served commuters crossing the bay while the city's bridges were repaired.
Asante sana mdau/blog ya jamii.Huku wana-discard kule wananunua.Hatuendi kokote kwa staili hii.I swear "Kitu kidogo" kitazidi kutupeleka kubaya kila siku.
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wale ambao kila siku wanasema eti bongo tambarare na kuwarubuni wabongo wa ughaibuni warudi bongo wapo wapi?
ReplyDeleteTuelezeni ili turudi bongo.
Nafikiri hii ni biashara tu kwa afrika ni ngumu sana kupata meli za kiwango tunachofikiria nafikiri ishu ni vyombo vya uokoaji tujipange kwa hili.Serikali ina uwezo wa kuwa na vifaa vya kisasa vya uokozi ili kukabili majanga kama haya.
ReplyDeletethis was a condemned ship fit for africans only.
ReplyDeleteThey were supposed to go into service in 1989 but were tied up because there was no money to run them -- Hivi ndivyo ilivyokuwa , inamaanisha hazijafanyiwa service miaka 23. Poleni sana wafiwa.
ReplyDeleteMdau Dallas, TX.
David acha ushamba. Meli huwa zinapiga mzigo miaka hata zaidi ya 50, na katika muda huo zinakuwa zimebadili wamiliki mara kadhaa.
ReplyDeleteHii ajali tunaambiwa ilitokana na dhuruba ya mawimbi. Meli hata iwe imara vipi ikipigwa na dhiruba kali itapinduka tu. Ni muhimu kwa wanaotoa taarifa za hali ya hewa kuwa makini pia kwa ajili ya usalama wa wanaosafiri majini na angani.
Kwani ilizama kwa sababu ya matatizo yake au kwa sababu mawimbi yalizidi kipimo? Kwa maana nyingine, si kwamba hata kama ingekuwa mpya ingeliweza kuzama kutokana na mawimbi makali?
ReplyDeleteUzee wa meli + mawimbi makali + overload matokeo yake ni madhara makubwa kama haya. Mungu aziweke roho za marehemu mahali pema na awaponye haraka walioumia. Ni kwa nini isajiliwe majina tofauti Z'bar na Bara? Kwa nini asking price ilikuwa $450000 kila moja na ikashuka mpaka $200000 each? Ina maana bei ya mwanzo ilikuwa inflated? kama mwenye meli Marekani ameshindwa kuzi-service, sisi tutaweza vipi gharama hizo wakati siku zote tunaweka matumbo yetu mbele?
ReplyDeleteKafa Ulaya mazishi Africa. Watanzania tujifunze kuchunguza/ research kabla hatujanunua hivi vitu jamani. Poleni wafiwa wote.
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