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Many persons have expressed concern about the need for a new vessel to ply the Georgetown-Kumaka route in light of increasingly rough conditions in the open sea at specific times of the year, says Regional Councillor, Region One (Barima/Waini), Michael Hope. At present the M.V. Kimbia plies this route on a fortnightly basis while the M.V. Barima also does the Georgetown-Port Kaituma route.

Hope contends that the Kimbia is a coastal vessel and not a deep-sea vessel and is not designed to cope with heavy Atlantic seas……