CARICOM ferry trial set within 3 months: the 74m Galleons Passage will test cargo costs on the Guyana–Trinidad route, with licence recognition the key hurdle.
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Key Facts
—The decision. CARICOM leaders closed their Saint Lucia summit on July 8 by agreeing to explore deploying an existing Trinidadian vessel as a proof of concept.
—The ship. The Galleons Passage, a 74-metre catamaran commissioned in 2018, carries about 400 passengers and 60 vehicles.
—The route. Early proposals put the first sailings between Guyana and Trinidad, with the southern and eastern Caribbean served first.
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