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Re: The Tobago Ferry Boat Scandal!!! Galleons Passage is here

Postby shake d livin wake d dead » November 14th, 2018, 6:22 am

Ferries from australia coming soon

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Postby Strugglerzinc » November 14th, 2018, 9:07 am

Big press release about excess capacity, yet they can't consistently run 2 boats. Who in they right mind going to use this service when you run the risk of getting stranded daily.

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Postby Dizzy28 » December 4th, 2018, 11:23 am

Has there been any adherence by GORTT wrt proper procurement rules when it comes to Tobago ferries going back to the Super Fast Galicia?

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Postby The_Honourable » December 4th, 2018, 11:46 am

Dizzy28 wrote:Has there been any adherence by GORTT wrt proper procurement rules when it comes to Tobago ferries going back to the Super Fast Galicia?


Nope... In this case, Rowley will say it had too much corruption at the Port Authority and there he had to step in and save the day.

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Re: The Tobago Ferry Boat Scandal!!! Galleons Passage is here

Postby De Dragon » December 4th, 2018, 12:04 pm

The_Honourable wrote:
Dizzy28 wrote:Has there been any adherence by GORTT wrt proper procurement rules when it comes to Tobago ferries going back to the Super Fast Galicia?


Nope... In this case, Rowley will say it had too much corruption at the Port Authority and there he had to step in and save the day.

In other words, the bobol is now hidden by '"we know better" from proven, and continually underperforming/corrupt PNM incompetents.

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Re: The Tobago Ferry Boat Scandal!!! Galleons Passage is here

Postby shake d livin wake d dead » December 5th, 2018, 6:35 pm

Like the GP was giving trouble today...I see watson bitching

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Postby wickedtuna » December 5th, 2018, 6:41 pm

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Like the GP was giving trouble today...I see watson bitching
Ah thought he was going race the gp in ah dingy .....dingdong in ah dingy

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Postby infinite_RPM » December 5th, 2018, 6:56 pm

wickedtuna wrote:
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Like the GP was giving trouble today...I see watson bitching
Ah thought he was going race the gp in ah dingy .....dingdong in ah dingy
He would win cause the galleons would have to turn back for whatever reason

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Re: The Tobago Ferry Boat Scandal!!! Galleons Passage is here

Postby shake d livin wake d dead » December 5th, 2018, 6:57 pm

According to him...the GP could not go through the large swells

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Postby hydroep » December 5th, 2018, 7:02 pm

Tobago does nevah settle for ordinary...:|

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Postby pugboy » December 5th, 2018, 7:05 pm

Them trucks taking real long to load on the gp
Causing real traffic by lighthouse
40mins from bhagwansinghs to Hyatt today

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Postby hydroep » December 5th, 2018, 7:26 pm

Phorqers cyar even proofread...:|

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Postby meccalli » December 5th, 2018, 7:46 pm

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:According to him...the GP could not go through the large swells


If indeed that's the cause, wait till January comes...

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Postby shake d livin wake d dead » December 5th, 2018, 7:59 pm

meccalli wrote:
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:According to him...the GP could not go through the large swells


If indeed that's the cause, wait till January comes...


more like back to square 1

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Postby pugboy » December 5th, 2018, 9:04 pm

At least they not trying the little sando boat again lol

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Postby De Dragon » December 5th, 2018, 11:23 pm

Never settle for ordinary Tobago! Settle for kanty JUHN Scarfy and his PNM band of dotishees to piss on you and tell you its raining!

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Postby bluefete » December 6th, 2018, 6:14 am

True. That will be the test.

meccalli wrote:
shake d livin wake d dead wrote:According to him...the GP could not go through the large swells


If indeed that's the cause, wait till January comes...

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Postby shake d livin wake d dead » December 6th, 2018, 6:36 am

just imagine around Easter....boat might not even sail

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Re: The Tobago Ferry Boat Scandal!!! Galleons Passage is here

Postby hydroep » December 6th, 2018, 7:02 am

Me eh know wat dem passengers vex for, 'bago doh settle fuh ordinary...:|

Passengers irate over ferry
SEAN DOUGLAS and KINNESHA GEORGE-HARRY

BROTHERS Wendell and Leon De Freitas told Newsday a malfunction on the Galleons Passage yesterday caused the boat to abandon its trip to Tobago and return to Port of Spain.

The boat left Port of Spain at 12.05 pm, but almost an hour into its voyage – upon reaching the rough waters known as the Bocas, the engines conked out causing the boat to drift and rock wildly, related Wendell.

“At first it was moving fast but then came to a dead stop and was rocking from side to side like an earthquake. The engine started back then shut down again.”

He said the boat returned to Port of Spain at about 2.10 pm.

Wendell said a woman on the public address system, blamed the turnaround on “bad weather ahead.” He said he was unimpressed that staff had not properly apologised for the incident. “This is unacceptable. They are taking us for granted.”

He said the whole day was ruined, more so as all his family members had to leave home at 5 am to reach the port for the ferry’s 9 am initially scheduled sailing time. Leon lamented, “Our car trunk is full of frozen chicken and goat for us to have cooked in Tobago.”

Wendell added, “We were all to have gone to sign some documents but now we don’t know what we’ll do.”

Tobago House of Assembly Minority Leader Watson Duke said slammed the government for endangering the lives of people on the Galleon’s Passage.

“I have said already that the Galleon’s Passage is Gilligan’s Passage and it is no new boat, it is an old boat. I’ve said already, the boat is a river boat and not suited for carrying persons on the high Atlantic sea.”

Meanwhile, the TT Spirit, which was pulled from service last week Sunday, is still being repaired. Port Authority chairman Lyle Alexander told Newsday yesterday that the problem was with the crank case in the port-side inner main engine.

“The repairs are ongoing, but a specialist intervention is necessary at this point in time. We are sure to get that done within the next couple of days and aiming to be back on the run by Saturday.”


https://newsday.co.tt/2018/12/06/passengers-irate-over-ferry/

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Re: The Tobago Ferry Boat Scandal!!! Galleons Passage is here

Postby pugboy » December 6th, 2018, 7:08 am

wonder what time they trying again today, hope it doesnt cause traffic again on wrightson rd

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Postby hydroep » December 6th, 2018, 7:50 am

Some passengers saying the weather was fair, meteorologists saying there were no rough seas bulletins, which would seem to contradict info. in the the NIDCO release.

Somebody lying?...:?

Galleons Passage fails to complete Tobago voyage
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Pas­sen­gers try­ing to make their way to To­ba­go via the Galleons Pas­sage were left con­fused as to the ex­act rea­son why the ves­sel had to re­turn to the Port of Port-of-Spain while on the way to the Scar­bor­ough Port yes­ter­day.

The ves­sel was mak­ing the jour­ney to To­ba­go af­ter hav­ing de­part­ed Port-of-Spain around 11 am. The ves­sel was sched­uled to ar­rive in To­ba­go at 4.30 pm

But pas­sen­gers claim around 2 pm, al­most mid­way through the jour­ney, it was an­nounced that the Galleons Pas­sage would not make it to Scar­bor­ough but had to re­turn to Trinidad.

One man,who made a short record­ing, which has been mak­ing the rounds on so­cial me­dia, claims pas­sen­gers were told rough seas and bad weath­er were be­ing giv­en as the rea­sons for the jour­ney be­ing abort­ed. His record­ing showed bright sun and calm seas.

Lat­er an­oth­er video sur­faced show­ing pas­sen­gers hav­ing to dis­em­bark and re­move their cars from on board the ves­sels at the Port of Port- of- Spain.

Checks with me­te­o­rol­o­gists re­vealed there were no bul­letins for rough seas or ad­verse weath­er.

Ru­mours have been swirling about me­chan­i­cal prob­lems fac­ing the Galleons Pas­sage and the T&T Spir­it from THA’s Mi­nor­i­ty Leader Wat­son Duke.

Ef­forts were made to con­tact the act­ing chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer of the in­ter is­land trans­porta­tion com­pa­ny, Vil­ma Lewis Rooster­burn, for a com­ment but they were fu­tile.

In a state­ment late yes­ter­day, Nid­co said the ves­sel ex­pe­ri­enced rough sea con­di­tions which re­sult­ed in it re­turn­ing to Port-of-Spain/

It said sea con­di­tions ex­pe­ri­enced were record­ed at 3.5 me­tres when the av­er­age mea­sure­ment is capped at 1.5 me­tres. Dur­ing the rough sea con­di­tions, two pan­els on the car deck be­came dis­lodged and came in­to con­tact with two ve­hi­cles re­sult­ing in mi­nor dam­age to both ve­hi­cles.

In the in­ter­est of safe­ty, the cap­tain de­cid­ed to re­turn to Port-of-Spain to have the pan­el sys­tem re­paired.


http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/galleons-passage-6.2.730837.dae32d134c

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Postby shake d livin wake d dead » December 10th, 2018, 7:58 pm

Tonight I prove rohani doh think when we speaking...imagine he comparing the GP to a cruise ship...saying cruise ships doh sail in large swells...you know how bad the sea has to be for a cruise ship not to sail....allyuh pnm mites swallowing that sheit easy easy

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Re: The Tobago Ferry Boat Scandal!!! Galleons Passage is here

Postby De Dragon » December 11th, 2018, 12:38 pm

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Tonight I prove rohani doh think when we speaking...imagine he comparing the GP to a cruise ship...saying cruise ships doh sail in large swells...you know how bad the sea has to be for a cruise ship not to sail....allyuh pnm mites swallowing that sheit easy easy

Roundabout trying to sell sheit. Imagine excusing a vessel that can't sail in "ordinary" rough waters not occasioned by a severe weather alert :roll:

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Postby toyolink » December 11th, 2018, 12:49 pm

All right and sober minded citizens have concluded that the Galleons Passage has failed as a fit for the required Tobago service.
Utterances in an effort to defend the acquisition of this vessel are now fruitless and foolish.
The hope now is we can get what we can out of this investment without some major mishap.
When you do something outa 'bad-mind' this is what happens.

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Postby Ben_spanna » December 11th, 2018, 1:01 pm

shake d livin wake d dead wrote::| :|



but how can thsi be? we were assured by the engineer minister himself that He personally saw it and said it was best suited for our waters...


then again he designed a wall and eet fell down by eetself.

SO why expect anything good, sincere or knowledgable to come froth his trap.

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Re: The Tobago Ferry Boat Scandal!!! Galleons Passage is here

Postby sMASH » December 11th, 2018, 1:44 pm

Devil's advocate,,, can the people who frequent the seas, say if it can make the toco to Tobago waters?
Or is that level of rough seas prevalent in they route as well?

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Postby abbow » December 11th, 2018, 1:52 pm

but didnt that boat sail from China to Trinidad??

so they are saying swells in the Bocas made the boat turn around....?

I feel they skybox that boat in and they inflate it here.....blasted rubber dinghy...

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