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Aug 26, 2012 News
The newly rehabilitated Supenaam Ferry Stelling could be ready for full commercial operation within a month. This assurance was given by Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn following the successful completion of a test run yesterday morning.
The test was to observe the capacity of the stelling in connection with the mooring of the recently acquired roll on/roll off ferries from China.
“The system stood up well,” said Walter Willis, Technical Advisor to the Minister of Works.
Kaieteur News understands that the vessel involved in the testing, Kanawan, departed Parika at 08:00 hours and arrived at Supenaam at around 09:35 hours. Thirty minutes later the vessel had successfully moored at the stelling.
This newspaper was informed that there were some minor defects that will soon be rectified to enable the facility to be operational in the next three weeks.
Minister Benn told this newspaper yesterday that he was satisfied with the way things had progressed at the stelling. He said that with the facility now almost complete, the training of personnel has become critical at this stage. This, he emphasised, will be ongoing.
Benn, while on a visit to the Essequibo Coast, in May, tried to reassure Essequibians that the stelling would be fully operational in August. However, the date was pushed back because of a delay in securing critical material, such as logs from the interior.
According to the Minister, the delay was the result of demonstrations in Linden which hampered the transportation of vital logs for the project.
“The situation in Linden resulted in a delay of one month,” the Minister told this newspaper.
Construction of the Good Hope/Supenaam Stelling began about five years ago after a $400million contract was awarded to BK International. But problems developed when the first vehicle tried to use it.
The government intervened and spent another large sum of money to re-fashion it. The stelling was again put into operation, but from time to time there were problems, the latest being the collapse of the ramp in early July.
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