Hundreds stranded at Supenaam Stelling
Hundreds of passengers scheduled to depart the Supenaam Ferry Stelling in Region Two at 16:00h on Sunday were left stranded after the captain of the boat announced that the boat was out of fuel.
Passengers were inconvenienced, frustrated, and therefore angry. Most of them,
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having already made plans to journey with the boat to Region Three, questioned how the ferry was being managed, and why it is that the boat was not fuelled before the journey had commenced. Several persons, including those who had babies onboard, had to resort to using speedboats to continue their journey, while truck owners were forced to stay onboard the ferry.
A truck owner who told Guyana Times that he was transporting “perishable goods” questioned whether he would be refunded the cost of his goods. And a businessman said he was due to make a delivery within a certain time, but with the ferry being out of operation he cannot honour the deadline.
Passengers generally said they were quite fed-up with the ferry service. “If the boat engine doesn’t have issues, it’s high tide. If it’s not high tide, then it’s (the boat being) out of fuel. If Government is providing a service to the people, then that
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service must be prompt and reliable,” one passenger lamented.
Confusion
The passengers were left in a state of confusion after they were told they would not be able to board the MV Kanawan, from Supenaam to Parika, because its fuel tanks were empty. However, the same vessel started its engine and left the port approximately an hour after.
The MV Kanawan was expected to depart Supenaam at 16:00hrs on Sunday but the passengers said that they were told that the vessel have no fuel and as a result they were debarred from boarding. They told this publication that the information from the stelling authorities were not forthcoming and as such they are unable to make alternative arrangements.
One passenger, Rado Persaud, said he along with another passenger is willing to
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