Clogged Demerara River maritime channel an economic emergency – Shipping Association

Containers being moved from Port Georgetown

Local maritime officials are upbeat about the future of the shipping industry but have repeated their warning that the realization of the industry’s goals depends crucially on the speeding up of initiatives to clear the Demerara River channel.

And in a move seemingly designed to send another  reminder to the authorities regarding the negative consequences resulting from the protracted failure to dredge the channel  Chairman of the Managing Committee of the Shipping Association of Guyana (SAG), Desmond Sears, on  March 22 told the Association’s  Annual Dinner