Intengo ye-melamine emakethe ye-Europe ikhuphuke ngoNobayeni 2023 njengombana ukufunwa kwefenitjhara kwanda emavikini ambalwa adlulileko begodu nokuhlaselwa kwamavukelambuso we-Houthi eLwandle eliBovu kwaphazamisa iindlela eziqakathekileko zokurhwebelana ephasini loke. Lokhu kube nomthelela omumbi emazweni afana ne-Germany. Nanyana intengo ye-urea yehle kancani, i-Germany, njengomthengisi omkhulu wefenitjhara e-EU, ihlala iyimakethe ezuzisako embonini yefenitjhara. Imakethe yefenitjhara ye-German ithanda ifenitjhara eyenziwe ngezinto zemvelo kanye nomklamo omutjha, khulukhulu engcenyeni yefenitjhara yekhishini, lapho ukuthengisa, ithekhnoloji kanye nomklamo womkhiqizo omutjha kukhula khona. Esikhathini esifitjhani, imakethe kulindeleke bona iqhutshwe sidingo esikhulako seenkuni, ama-coating kanye nama-adhesive avela embonini yokwakha.
Ukusetjenziswa kwe-melamine kukhuphukile eminyakeni esanda kwedlula njengombana umnotho wephasi loke uthuthuka begodu namabubulo afana nefenitjhara neenkoloyi athuthuka. Kodwana, ukusetjenziswa kwe-melamine kwehle ngo-2020 ngebanga lomtlhago we-COVID-19, othinte umnotho wephasi loke kanye namabubulo afana nokwakha nezeenkoloyi. Ukusetjenziswa kwe-melamine kwabuyela emuva ngo-2021, kodwana kwaba nokwehla ekupheleni komnyaka ka-2022 ngebanga lokuwohloka komnotho wephasi loke. Kodwana, ukusetjenziswa kwanda kancani ngo-2023 begodu kulindeleke bona kukhuphuke kancani eminyakeni ezako.
ILwandle eliBomvu lihlaselwe khulu mavukelambuso we-Houthi emavikini adlulileko, okuphazamisa iindlela eziqakathekileko zokurhwebelana ephasini loke begodu kulimaze iminotho efana ne-Germany. I-melamine yikhemikhali evamileko enomthelela lo. I-Germany mthengisi oqakathekileko we-melamine begodu ithembele khulu ekuthengiseni okuvela eenarheni ezifana ne-China ne-Trinidad ne-Tobago. Njengoba ukuhlaselwa kwama-Houthi kwasongela ukuphepha kokuthunyelwa eLwandle eliBovu, indlela ekulu yemikhiqizo ebuya ngaphandle, intengo ye-melamine yakhuphuka khulu. Imikhumbi ethwele i-melamine neminye imithwalo yaqalana nokulibaziseka nokuphambuka, okurholele ekukhuphukeni kweendleko zamafutha kanye nemiraro yokuthutha kwabangenisi, ekugcineni kwakhuphula intengo ye-melamine emathekwini we-Germany. Ukunyuka kweengozi zezokuphepha eLwandle eliBovu nakho kurholele ekukhuphukeni okukhulu kwamaphrimiyamu womtjhorensi weenkhampani zokuthutha, okukhuphule iindleko zokugcina zokungeniswa kwe-melamine. Ukuragela phambili nokunyuka kwamanani kuthinta abathengi e-Germany nangaphandle. Ukuhlaselwa kwama-Houthis okuhlomileko akuzange kuthinte intengo ye-melamine kwaphela, kodwana kwabangela nokwanda kweendleko zokuthunyelwa. Ikhamphani ezinkulu zokuthutha zikhuphule iindleko ezingezelelweko ngebanga lokukhamba isikhathi eside e-Afrika, okukhuphula umthwalo weendleko zabathengisi be-Germany. Ukunyuka kweendleko zokuthutha kukhuphula ukunyuka kwamanani we-melamine, okwenza bona yoke imitjhini yokuphakela ibe sengozini yokunyuka kweendleko nokutlhayela okungenzeka. I-Germany, ethembele khulu ekungenisweni kwe-LNG njengomthombo wamandla wayo, iqalene neentjhijilo njengombana ukulibaziseka kokulethwa kwempahla eqakathekileko ngeLwandle eliBomvu kubangela bona intengo ye-LNG ikhuphuke khulu. Intengo ephezulu ye-LNG ithinta khulu iindleko zokukhiqiza i-melamine. I-ChemAnalyst ilindele bona ukufunwa kwe-melamine kuzokuragela phambili nokukhula eenyangeni ezizako, okuhambisana nokuphazamiseka kokunikelwa eLwandle eliBovu kanye nokufunwa okukhulu okuvela emabubulweni aphasi, khulukhulu amabubulo weenkoloyi.