Galleons Passage crew in TT, sea trials set for next week

File photo: Galleons Passage at the Port of Port of Spain on July 17. PHOTO BY JEFF MAYERS
File photo: Galleons Passage at the Port of Port of Spain on July 17. PHOTO BY JEFF MAYERS

THE crew for the Galleons Passage ferry is in TT.

Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan made the announcement tonight during the Conversation with the Prime Minister event at the Scarborough library, Tobago.

"Today the crew for the Galleons Passage arrived in TT. What is going to happen next week is the Galleons Passage is going to do its trial run to Tobago," Sinanan said.

"If everything goes well we are hoping that by the third week, the vessel should be put into work. "

Sinanan explained this will "give us two vessels in Tobago." He said there is an advertisement out of a fast ferry, which would be leased for two years.

  1. He reminded the audience that Cabinet had approved the purchase of two brand new fast ferries from Australia for the seabridge.

Sinanan said once these vessels arrive, the older ferries will be replaced.

The Prime Minister said the new fast ferries should arrive in TT by mid-2020. Dr Rowley told the audience the Galleons Passage is not a fast ferry so if people are looking for speed, they should not go on the vessel and then complain it is slow.

Rowley urged the people of Tobago not be their own worst enemy and take the position of some people to describe the island as "a hell hole." He said efforts were being made to improve transport between Trinidad and Tobago and urged Tobagonians to make the best of what is available to them in the meantime.

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