An ageing ferry carrying more than 100 people capsized off the coast of Guyana, with 67 saved and rescue teams searching for the rest, officials said Sunday.The ferry MV Barima left the small English-speaking country at the northeast corner of South America Saturday afternoon (Guyana time) with 133 people aboard for a trip from the capital Georgetown to the town of Port Kaituma.Port Kaituma is inland in the oil-rich Essequibo region, and the ferry travels along the coast in the Atlantic before heading upriver to reach its destination.Initial signs are that the ship capsized after being hit by a big wave, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said on Facebook."Search and Rescue Advancing. 67 persons, inclusive of 15 children rescued so far," he said in a video.In an earlier, toll Prime Minister Mark Phillips told AFP by telephone that 53 people had been saved and he expected the number to rise.Rescue operations continued Sunday.The ship was equipped with 250 life jackets, Edghill said.The ship was carrying 116 passengers and a crew of 17.The ship began its journey in mid-afternoon and a distress call was received about eight hours later, Edgehill said.The ferry was built in 1939, according to the shipping website Vesselfinder.Its destination, Essequibo, measuring 160,000 square kilometers (61,800 square miles), is an area rich in oil and at the heart of a territorial dispute with Venezuela.- AFP