In preparation for the arrival of a power ship, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today advertised for the rental of a barge to transport and store Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) from Kingston/Vreed en Hoop to Everton, Berbice.
In the advertisement in Stabroek News, GPL said that it is in the process of expanding its generating capacity and the need has arisen for a barge with the capacity to transfer and store between 8,000 and 35,000 barrels of HFO to be transported from Kingston to Everton. The barge will be primarily stationed at Everton.
The barge must be available to lease on a continuous basis for a minimum period of one year to a maximum period of two years.
It must have a valid barge registration/licence, be double hull and capable of performing ship-to-ship transfer/loading of heavy fuel oil.
The relevant documents have to be submitted to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board by 2 pm on April 30th.
The power ship is being rented from Qatari company, UCC and is to travel from Cuba.
On Friday, President Irfaan Ali announced that Cuba will assist with engineers to help manage GPL’s electricity system, as an agreement was signed with Qatari power company, UCC Holdings, which has a strategic alliance in Latin America for the Turkish Karpower ship.
“They have very skilled technical personnel who they are willing to deploy immediately to work in the system and to help us technically,” he said on Friday, following a meeting with Cuban Ambassador to Guyana, Jorge Francisco Soberon Luis, as he announced that Havana pledged to have 10 engineers urgently dispatched here.
The President also clarified that the agreement for emergency generation to be supplied by the Turkish Karpowership will be signed with the Qatari power company, UCC.