While Caricom leaders are set to discuss the possibility of an inter-island regional passenger ferry, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves believes while it is a necessary endeavour, logistically it will not be easy to execute.
Guardian Media spoke with the Prime Minister during a break from meetings yesterday on the second day of the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Caricom Heads of Government in Barbados and asked if the topic of the inter-island ferry was raised during one of the closed-door sessions.
“Not yet, but that will come up when the discussions turn to the Caribbean Single Markey and Economy (CSME) and particularly on marine and air transport.”
Taking a deep sigh Gonsalves said, “Look, we all have to be very practical. If marine transport was easy to go between the islands, somebody would have done it already.”
Gonsalves said such transportation exists on a smaller scale between St Vincent and the rest of the Grenadines as well as trips to Trinidad and Barbados.
“But if you want to have a passenger ferry service running regularly, you have to watch the dollars and the cents. And if there was a lot of money to be made in it before, some entrepreneur from Trinidad and Tobago would have already bought such a ferry and do it,” he added. Read More
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