The Tobago Ferry Boat thread

[gastly369]

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Ammmmmmmmmmm which car going over them angles and even worst Dem "jup low" car dem

[toyolink]

Oh boi!
Real wonder-bag stuff continues.

[rebound]

I refuse to believe thats the permanent ramp....it must be interim.

[Numb3r4]

yep. $8M worth of ramp right there.

Da lil orange ting iz d $8M Ramp...!!!...???
Lord help deez gullible "Eric's Chirren", who so blind to vote PEE-N-EM...

"Eric Chirren" got a great education you know.

[No_Name]

yep. $8M worth of ramp right there.

Da lil orange ting iz d $8M Ramp...!!!...???
Lord help deez gullible "Eric's Chirren", who so blind to vote PEE-N-EM...

"Eric Chirren" got a great education you know.

Definitely not the majority...
Population in Prison would prove otherwise...

[sMASH]

The tide was high. Storm surge.

[De Dragon]

The PNM fackery continues unabated

[gastly369]

Primary requirements to be a pnm minister is a good bullsh!tter yes

[pugboy]

I thought the ramp was for the front loading section

[bluefete]

I thought the ramp was for the front loading section

The ramp is for the back (stern). The boat cannot load/off-load from the front in either Trinidad or Tobago.

So, when is the next dry run?

[VII]

Real boats coming doh worry..Galleon's passage was a well intended 'quick' solution..

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https://www.austal.com/news/response-an ... and-tobago

That along with a new Incat offering and the T&T Spirit...the seabridge will be great again..greater actually..

[K74T]

Docked earlier

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Great is the pnm

[kstt]

Docked earlier

Better view of your $8 million ramp

[rebound]

So that really was the ramp????

[bluefete]

^^ My thoughts exactly.

Someone took a page from Jack Warner.

[sMASH]

I thought the ramp was for the front loading section

Can't dock front cause propulsion issues.

[fokhan_96]

Probably made of some expensive metal alloy that exhibit superior corrosion resistance in the presence of constant exposure to sea water.... oh wait, is Trinidad, never mind..

[gastly369]

Probably made of some expensive metal alloy that exhibit superior corrosion resistance in the presence of constant exposure to sea water.... oh wait, is Trinidad, never mind..

Red oxide low grade iron 4mil per ramp

[meccalli]

It's made out of vibranium, c'mon guys. Since Black Panther brought wakandan awareness of the ore we possess, we've been mining it and selling it to the Chinese for processing and re buying it from them. It's not that big of a deal.

[No_Name]

Primary requirements to be a pnm minister is a good bullsh!tter yes

...hence the reason they stole from the poor citizens to look good, with a floating Cesspit & a $8M laxative to ease things in n out the sheet hole...

[matr1x]

Maybe it was an 8 million dollars Tobago t (ramp)?

[maj. tom]

Watch how when (if) this is questioned in parliament how they will bring up the $6 million firetruck tow. So 2 wrongs make a right, as is tradition in our country.

[maj. tom]

I thought the ramp was for the front loading section

Can't dock front cause propulsion issues.

[Redman]

we need a bigger facepalm emoticon

[shake d livin wake d dead]

2hours to dock...therefore its a 6hr journey?

[sMASH]

i not gonna rate that down, cause its a teething issue. once they get the line up and make the adjustments, it should be smooth sailing from there on.
the problem is, that the WHOLE situation could have been avoided, by keeping hinds out of the blasted ferry business and letting superfast retain the contract.

*mc eat-ah-food, yam in mouth party*

[sMASH]

I thought the ramp was for the front loading section

Can't dock front cause propulsion issues.

Sunday 2 September 2018 Newsday
Galleons fails to dock bow on


THE Galleons Passage is safe to travel on, Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan said yesterday after the vessel made a trial return trip to Tobago, which was completed in close to eight hours.

The vessel left Port of Spain before 6.30 am yesterday and took four and a half hours to arrive in Tobago. It took some 20 minutes to dock from the bow and could not complete the process because the ramp did not reach the ground, so the crew could not disembark.

The vessel left Tobago around 1.15 pm and took one hour less to arrive in TT.

Sinanan’ said: “Today’s (yesterday’s) trial was about the speed and safety. That is why they tried to dock bow-on. They wanted to check the bow could dock, which would have been easier to load and offload cargo.

“The vessel can dock stern-on, like all other vessels, but with the additional feature of being able to dock bow-on, we wanted to try that, but it couldn’t and it docked stern-on.

“The trial was to see the safety and speed and Nidco felt it was successful. It is safe to go to Tobago on the boat.”

Port Authority of TT (PATT) chairman Lyle Alexander, who was on board during the test, said the sailing was smooth and reported no complications. Alexander said after the crew suggested that the boat dock stern-on after the failed attempt at docking bow-on, the captain made an attempt and then headed back to Trinidad, as he decided the vessel needed a bow thruster.

Alexander said: “It was a safety reason, not a ramp issue. So they need to look at a bow thruster to give the vessel the kind of power the captain wants, and once that is done we will be coming back to Tobago.”

A bow thruster is a type of propeller-shaped system fitted on either the bow or part of the vessel to make it more manoeuvrable. No date for the vessel to return to Tobago was given, but Sunday Newsday was told when the vessel returns with the bow thruster, only then it will make a second attempt at using the stern ramp to dock.

One port official explained after observing the issue with the size and height of the ramp that another solution would be for the port to build another ramp to reach the height of the vessel’s ramp, if the second ramp is impractical. He explained usually when buying a vessel, it is important to source a vessel that matches the specifications of the port and not the other way around.

The $17.4 million boat arrived on July 16, 145 days after it left China.

The long-awaited vessel finally sailed into its home port of Port of Spain around 11 pm, docking at the Cruise Ship Complex.

On July 17, during a media tour, Sinanan had said he expected the boat to be put on the seabridge “within the next two weeks,” helping to pick up the slack during the busy vacation period, since there is only one dedicated passenger vessel, the TT Spirit, on duty.
The Cabo Star, which also runs the inter-island route, is a cargo vessel not registered for passengers. There is still no date when the vessel will be put into use for passengers.

so sorry, not mechanical difficulties, but mechanical unsuitability.

the unsuitability of this vessel to its intended job is dumbfounding.
its, like we voted for this vessel, and thats why we have to put up with it.

[hydroep]

So dem two piece of scrap iron really cost $8 million? If so it have a gold mine under my house...

[sMASH]

only if PNM paying for it.