Introduction
ka Seattle manawa hoike ʻo Ballard Oil, kahi hui e lawelawe ana i ke kaiāulu kai no ʻehā hanauna, ua pani i kona mau puka no ka maikaʻi ma Ianuali 30, 2023. Mai kona hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana i ka makahiki 1937, ua hoʻolako ka hui i nā waʻa lawaiʻa kalepa, nā moku huki, a me nā moku ʻē aʻe ma ka loko Washington Ke kahawai moku me ka wahie, nā lubricants, a me nā ʻāpana.
No ke aha e pani ʻia ai ʻo Ballard Oil?
Ua ʻōlelo nā mea nona ka ʻaila ʻo Ballard i nā kumu like ʻole no ka pani ʻana, me nā kumukūʻai e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā lula, ka hoʻonui ʻauhau, ka nele o nā limahana, ka emi ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku, a me kahi hakakā no nā makahiki he nui me ke kūlanakauhale ma luna o kāna mau hoʻāʻo e hoʻopili i ka "loulou nalowale" o ke ala ʻo Burke-Gilman ma ka waiwai o ka hui.
Ma hea wau e hoʻopiha ai i ka wahie i kēia manawa?
Me ka pani ʻana o ka ʻaila Ballard, nā luina ma ka Seattle pono ka wahi e hoʻopiha i ka wahie ma Covich-Williams (kokoke i Shilshole Avenue NW) a i ʻole Maxum Petroleum (aia ma Harbor Island). Hōʻike pū ka pani ʻana i ka mea hiki ke lilo i wahi hoʻololi no nā lawaiʻa kalepa, a ke noʻonoʻo nei ka hapa nui o lākou e hoʻoneʻe i kā lākou hana i nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe kahi e haʻahaʻa ai nā kumukūʻai.
He aha nā ʻano politika o kēia?
ʻOiai ua koho nui ʻia ʻo Ballard Oil e pani i kona mau puka no nā kumu waiwai, ʻo kona pani ʻana hoʻi e hōʻike ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka haunaele politika ma ka Seattle ke kaiāulu ma waena o ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka ʻoihana o ka ʻoihana moana a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka ʻoihana i ke kaiapuni.
Ua hoʻomau kēia paio ma waena o ka hoʻokele waiwai maikaʻi a me nā hopohopo no ke kaiapuni no nā makahiki he ʻumi. I nā makahiki 1990, ua loaʻa i ka ʻeke kālā o Ballard Oil kahi pōʻino nui i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai nā keʻena aupuni e hoʻoponopono i nā ʻohiʻohi a kau i nā quota hiki ke hoʻoili ʻia ma luna o nā moku kai. ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻomaka nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e hoʻolimalima i kā lākou quota i nā mea nui, a ʻo ka hopena ua emi iho ka nui o nā moku e hana ana ma ia wahi. ʻO ka emi ʻana o ka holo ʻana o nā moku i hoʻoulu ai i ka emi nui ʻana o ke koi no ka wahie, kahi i hoʻopilikia nui i ka loaʻa kālā o Ballard Oil.
Ua hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻole hoʻi ke kānāwai aupuni i ka ʻoihana ʻaila hoʻomehana o ka hui, a ua kūʻai lilo aku ʻo Ballard Oil i ka makahiki 2021 ma hope o ka hoʻokō ʻia ʻana o ke kulekele kaiapuni hou i kau i ka ʻauhau 24-keneta-ka-galani ma luna o ka waiwai.
He aha nā hopena ākea no nā luina?
I ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā lula kaiapuni hou e kāohi ana i ka lawaiʻa kalepa a me ka lawaiʻa pāpaʻi, ua koi ʻia nā hana he nui e hoʻopaʻa i ko lākou mau kāʻei e helu ai i ka loaʻa kālā i nalowale. Hiki i kēia mau hana hōʻemi kālā ke lilo i mea weliweli i nā lawaiʻa a lākou e hoʻolimalima ai, ka poʻe e ʻike paha he liʻiliʻi ka nui o nā luina a lākou e hana pū nei, ua emi iho ka nānā ʻana i ka palekana o kā lākou mau moku, a i ʻole ua emi ka ʻike o ko lākou mau hoa luina ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka uku e hoʻokele ai i nā luina ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e ʻimi i kahi hana ma kahi ʻē. ʻO ka hana nui ʻana, ka nele o nā limahana, a me nā hemahema o nā hana palekana he hui pū ʻana o nā mea weliweli, ʻoiai ke hoʻopili ʻia i ka pōʻino kūlohelohe o ka hana ʻana ma ka lawaiʻa kalepa a me ka lawaiʻa pāpaʻi. No laila, ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻia o ke kaomi kālā e kū nei i ka ʻoihana moana e hopena i ka piʻi nui ʻana o nā ulia, nā ʻeha, a me nā make ma waena o nā luina o nā ʻano āpau.
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