Efforts on Saturday to raise the fuel boat that sank in the Demerara River at Providence on Friday were futile and it remained close to the Texaco terminal preventing another fuel vessel from discharging its load.
The boat, which belongs to the Transport and Harbours Department, sank late on Friday afternoon in the Demerara River, in the vicinity of Providence, a statement from the Government Information Agency (GINA) had said. According to the statement, the fuel boat had 20 000 gallons of diesel onboard, and the captain reported that while the vessel was being loaded it appeared to have been sinking.
The captain, according to the release, “cast off in an attempt to seek assistance at a nearby facility and sank adjacent to the
