Trinidad to provide vessel for regional ferry service – Rowley

Trinidadian Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley

Trinidadian Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley confirmed on Wednesday that Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have agreed to a ferry service company.

The Prime Minister made this disclosure at the opening of the Phoenix Park Industrial Estate in Point Lisas, Central Trinidad where he detailed that routes between the three Caribbean states and the Galleons Passage will be facilitated by a vessel from the Twin Island Republic.

During a live video on Wednesday at the commissioning of Phoenix Park industrial estate, Rowley said “On Thursday [January 11th,2023] the Cabinet will sign off on this decision and only this morning, the Minister of Transportation was told to ready the Galleons Passage for the inaugural trip as soon as that documentation is ready and the vessel is ready”.