NguColonel Ann Wright, World BEYOND War, UEpreli 29, 2022
Ngoku ka amajelo eendaba asekuhlaleni eKitsap, eWashington, kulindeleke ukuba kuthathe malunga iminyaka elithoba ukugqiba iprojekthi yamatanki amathandathu angaphezulu komhlaba ukuvala kunye nokuvala i-33 ephantsi komhlaba iitanki zamafutha e-Navy kumkhosi wase-US i-Manchester Fuel Depot e-Manchester, e-Washington kwaye iya kubiza iSebe lezoKhuselo malunga ne-200 yezigidi zeedola.
Kwathatha iSebe lezoKhuselo (DOD) iminyaka eyi-3 ukuqala umsebenzi wokuvala iitanki emva kokuba isigqibo senziwe. Isigqibo sokuvala kunye nokususa iitanki zangaphambili ezingama-33 zokugcina amafutha angaphantsi komhlaba kunye nokwakha amatanki amathandathu amatsha angaphezulu komhlaba senziwa ngo-2018 kodwa umsebenzi awuzange uqalise ukuvala indawo kude kube nguJulayi ka-2021.
Itanki nganye entsha, phezu komhlaba iya kukwazi ukuqulatha i-5.2 yezigidi zeegaloni ze-JP-5 carrier jet fuel okanye i-F-76 marine diesel fuel in 64-foot-ubude, 140-foot-wide-tank-wide-foot-wide, XNUMX-foot-wide-wide, XNUMX-foot-wide-wide, XNUMX-foot-wide-wide, XNUMX-foot-wide-wide, XNUMX-foot-wide-wide, XNUMX-foot-wide-wide, XNUMX-foot-wide-wide, XNUMX-foot-wide-wide,s ixhaswe ngamaphahla ekowuni esisigxina. Ngokumalunga 75 izigidigidi zigcinwe eManchester Fuel Depot ngoku.
Ngeso santya, kuyakuthatha iminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo + ukuphelisa amafutha kunye nokuvala iRed Hill, kucingelwa ukuba ibambe i-180 yezigidi zeegaloni zamafutha.
Ngoko ke, uxinzelelo lwabemi lubalulekile ukugcina iinyawo ze-DOD emlilweni ukuze zithobe iitanki zeRed Hill ngaphambi kokuba kubekho enye intlekele yokuvuza kwamafutha apha e-O'ahu. !
Njengoko abemi bagcina umkhosi wase-US uhamba ukuvala i-Red Hill, iSebe lezoKhuselo lijongene nemingeni ekutshintsheni iitanki zokugcina ezingaphantsi komhlaba, isigqibo ebekufanele ukuba basenze kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo.
Ngoku bajongene nengxaki yolungiselelo lokuba bawabeke phi amafutha. Kodwa ukulibaziseka kokwenza isigqibo seDOD akufuneki kuvunyelwe ukuqhubeka nokubeka emngciphekweni amanzi okusela e-Honolulu.
I-DOD yenze izigqibo ezingundoqo kwezinye iindawo zonikezelo lwamafutha phambi koNovemba ka-2021 ukuvuza kwamafutha e-Red Hill kunye nezo zigqibo zibandakanya i-Australia.
NgoSeptemba ka-2021, i-Australia, i-UK, kunye ne-United States batyikitya isivumelwano sokhuseleko esibhengezwe kakuhle, esibizwa ngokuba yi- "AUKUS" evumela ukwabelana ngeteknoloji yokukhusela ephuculweyo kunye nokubonelela ngeekontraki zasemkhosini zase-Australia ngolwazi malunga nendlela yokwakha i-submarines enamandla enyukliya, kakhulu ukungonwabi kweFransi eyayinesivumelwano sokuthengisa iinkwili zedizili eOstreliya.
Kwakhona ngoSeptemba 2021, ngexesha elifanayo isivumelwano se-AUKUS sisayinwe, urhulumente wase-US wanikezela isivumelwano sokwakhiwa kweprojekthi ye-$ 270 yezigidi zeedola kwindawo yokugcina amafutha e-aviation eya kugcina i-60 yezigidi zeegaloni zamafutha e-jet kwi-11 ngaphezu kweetanki zokugcina umhlaba. ukuxhasa imisebenzi yomkhosi waseMelika kwiPasifiki. Ukwakhiwa kwendawo yefama yetanki kuqale ngoJanuwari 2022 kwaye icwangciselwe ukugqitywa kwiminyaka emibini.
EGuam, kunye ne abemi be-153,000 kunye nomkhosi wabemi be-21,700 kuquka iintsapho, amafutha omkhosi athunyelwa kwiindawo zokugcina ezinkulu eGuam Naval Base.
Ukulungiswa kwe Iitanki zamafutha ezili-12 ezinomthamo wokugcina wama-38 Kutshanje kugqitywe izigidi zeegaloni eAndersen Air Base eGuam.
Unobhala wezoKhuselo uAustin ngoMatshi 7, 2022 nkcazo idize ukuba i-DOD iza kwandisa amandla ayo okusasaza elwandle ukuze ikwazi ukujongana nokususwa kweRed Hill kuthungelwano lwamafutha ePasifiki.
UAustin uthe, “Emva kothethathethwano olusondeleyo neenkokeli eziphezulu zabahlali kunye nezomkhosi, ndigqibe ekubeni ndicime amafutha kwaye ndivale ngokusisigxina indawo yokugcina amafutha e-Red Hill eHawaii. Ukugcinwa kwamafutha amaninzi kumbindi wobu bukhulu kunokwenzeka ukuba kube sengqiqweni ngo-1943, xa kwakusakhiwa iRed Hill. Kwaye iRed Hill iyisebenzele imikhosi yethu exhobileyo iminyaka emininzi. Kodwa yenza ingqiqo encinci kakhulu ngoku.
Indalo esasazekileyo neguqukayo yokuma kwamandla ethu kwi-Indo-Pacific, izoyikiso ezintsonkothileyo esijongene nazo, kunye nobuchwephesha obukhoyo kuthi bufuna isakhono esiqhubela phambili ngokulinganayo kunye nokomelela kwamafutha. Ubukhulu becala, sele sizifumana ngokusasazwa amafutha elwandle naselunxwemeni, ngokusisigxina nangokujikeleza. Ngoku siza kwandisa kwaye sikhawulezise oko kusasazwa kobuchule. ”
Nangona kunjalo, ngexesha loLawulo lukaTrump, uMlawuli wase-US Maritime ngasemva Admiral Mark Buzby yalumkisa iCongress ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba i-US Merchant Marine yayingenazo iinqanawa zaneleyo okanye oomatiloshe abarhwebi abafanelekileyo ukuba balwe kwanemfazwe elinganiselweyo.
US Merchant Marine iingcali zithi isigqibo ukuvala i-Red Hill ayithatheli ngqalelo iminyaka kunye nenqanaba leenqanawa zase-US Military Sealift Command, iinqanawa ezinoxanduva lokugalela amafutha elwandle kuzo zombini iinqanawa kunye neenqwelomoya. Iingcali zolwakhiwo lweenqanawa zifumanisa kungafane kwenzeke ukuba iAustin ikwazi ukufumana inkxaso-mali okanye iindawo zokwakhiwa kweenqanawa zifuna ukwakha iqela leenqanawa zabarhwebi “ezinesakhono esiphucukileyo esilinganayo nesomelelayo samafutha.
Ukuphendula, iCongress yapasisa indlela yongxamiseko ngo-2021 ebizwa ngokuba yiNkqubo yoKhuseleko lweTanker yase-US. Kulo mthetho usayilwayo, iUnited States ihlawula zombini iinkampani zabucala ezifana neMaersk imali yokuphinda zikhuphe iitanki zazo “zaseMelika.”
"Inyathelo lokhuseleko kwitanki ibiyindlela yongxamiseko yokumisa umsantsa," latsho elinye igosa le-MARAD Ibhlog yeendaba ezikwi-intanethi gCaptain udliwano-ndlebe. “Ayizifezekisi ezona mfuno zisisiseko zomkhosi wethu kwaye akukho ndlela inokutshintsha amandla eRed Hill. Unobhala wezoKhuselo akanalwazi ngokupheleleyo okanye uyakhohlisa ukuba ucinga ngenye indlela. "
Ukucwangciswa kakubi kweSebe lezoKhuselo akukho sizathu sokuqhubeka nokubeka emngciphekweni amanzi okusela abemi baseO'ahu. Iitanki zokugcina amafutha e-jet ye-Red Hill kufuneka zivaliwe ngokukhawuleza ... kwaye hayi kwiminyaka elithoba!
Nceda ujoyine i-Sierra Club, i-Earthjustice, i-Oahu Water Protectors kunye ne-Hawaii Peace and Justice kunye neminye imibutho yoxinzelelo lwe-Congressional, ubungqina kwinqanaba lesizwe, i-state, i-county kunye neendawo zokuhlala, ukubethelwa kwemiqondiso, kunye nezinye izenzo zokuqinisekisa ukuba umkhosi uyazi ukuba sifuna. Amatanki eRed Hill athotywe amandla kwaye avalwe ngexesha elifutshane kakhulu kune-Manchester Fuel Depot.
Malunga nombhali: U-Ann Wright ukhonze iminyaka eyi-29 kuMkhosi woMkhosi wase-US/uMkhosi woMkhosi kwaye wathatha umhlala-phantsi njengeColonel. Wayekwangunozakuzaku wase-US iminyaka eyi-16 kwaye wasebenza kooNozakuzaku base-US eNicaragua, eGrenada, eSomalia, e-Uzbekistan, eKyrgyzstan, eSierra Leone, eMicronesia, e-Afghanistan naseMongolia. Warhoxa kurhulumente wase-US ngo-2003 ngokuchasene nemfazwe yase-US e-Iraq. Ungumbhali-mbhali we "Disent: Voices of Conscience."
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