The roll-on roll-off ferries that arrived in Guyana recently were officially transferred to the Guyana Government yesterday by Chinese Ambassador Yu Wenzhe, according to the Government Information Agency.
It happened in the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The certificates of delivery and transferral for the Sabanto and Kanawan vessels which arrived in the country around a month ago were presented to Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn in his office, Wight’s Lane, Kingston.
“These two vessels which will be used across the Essequibo River, will greatly facilitate the movement of people and commodities. This in turn will greatly facility an improved livelihood of the people and the production of agriculture and other goods on both sides of the river,” Ambassador Yu Wenzhe said, according to GINA.
With the certificates for the vessels now being handed over to the Ministry, GINA said that phase one of the Ministry’s plan to ‘retire’ the Makouria class vessels, which have been in operation for more than 70 years would have gained momentum, as it cleared the way for its staff to be trained in the operations of the vessel. The ferries are expected to set sail by mid February, 2012.
The Governments of Guyana and China entered into an agreement to provide Guyana with two roll-on/roll-off ferries valued US$14.4M, GINA added.
