MV Umoja
 MV Umoja | |
|---|---|
train ferry (en)  | |
| Bayanai | |
| Manufacturer (en) | Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (en) |
| Yard number (en) | 2242 |
MV ''Umoja'' jirgin ruwa ne na Lake Victoria a Gabashin Afirka . Ita Jirgin kasa ne wanda Kamfanin Marine Services Company Limited na Mwanza, Tanzania ke aiki tsakanin Jinja, Mwanza, Musoma da Kisumu. Umoja na nufin "haɗin kai" a cikin Swahili. Ta shiga cikin hatsarori da yawa kuma an nuna ta a cikin littafin Paul Theroux .
Tarihi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Umoja da 'yar uwarta MV Uhuru an gina su ne a shekarar 1965 ta Yarrow Shipbuilders a Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland, [1] kuma sun shiga aiki a shekarar 1966. A sama da 300 feet (91 m) , su ne jiragen ruwa mafi tsawo a kowane tabkuna na Gabashin Afirka.
Jiragen biyu sun kasance mallakar kamfanin East African Railways and Harbours Corporation (EARH) har zuwa 1977, lokacin da aka raba EARH tsakanin Kenya, Tanzania da Uganda. An canja Uhuru zuwa sabuwar Kamfanin Jirgin Kasa na Kenya kuma an canja Umoja zuwa sabuwar Kamfani na Jirgin Sama ta Tanzania. [1]
Umoja ya bugi duwatsu a 1990, 1996, da 2002. Hatsarin 2002 ya jawo asarar da ta kai dala $160,000.
A cikin 1997 sashen jigilar kayayyaki na TRC ya zama kamfani daban, Kamfanin Ayyukan Ruwa Ltd . [2]
A cikin littafinsa Dark Star Safari, Paul Theroux ya ba da labarin tafiya a kan Tafkin Victoria a cikin Umoja, yana ba da cikakken bayani game da haɗarin daga sigogi na zamani da kuma jaddada abokantaka da ƙwarewar ma'aikatan.[3]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- 1 2 Cameron, Stuart (2004). "Uhuru (1965)". Clyde-built Database. Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2011-05-17.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- ↑ "Home". Marine Services Company Limited. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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