A high-speed ferry service running along the chain of islands is just what Caribbean integration should be about. The ferries will be capable of moving large numbers of Caribbean people and products at reasonable rates up and down the chain of islands.
At a press conference yesterday, Peoples Empowerment Party’s (PEP) Interim Chairperson, David Comissiong, said the ferries range from 39 metres long, travel at a speed of 38 knots, carry about 275 passengers to larger ferries of 87 metres in length, which can carry over 800 passengers, 243 cars and travel at a speed of 43 knots.
Comissiong said he visualised a system of high-speed ferries that can go from Guyana in the south up the chain of islands to Bahamas and onto the major cities of United States like Miami, where there is a large Caribbean population.