Is fast ferry investment another crisis?

THE EDITOR: It appears that the Government’s well-intentioned plan to introduce a fast ferry may be doomed to failure from the start.

The Minister of Works and Transport, Franklin Khan, and his ministry have chosen an overseas broker, Danoff US, to select the required ferry. It is well-known both locally and abroad in the shipping industry that Danoff US is a freight, cargo, container and tonnage broker. Danoff US is not a fast ferry specialist. One wonders really why local brokers as well as fast ferry specialist brokers were not selected for the job. Again one cannot help but notice that there will be yet another crisis on the Government’s hands very soon. From the crisis in health to the crisis in crime to the BWIA crisis to the WASA and Petrotrin CEO salaries to the CEPEP scandal .. We will be soon reading about the ferry crisis ... for our sake we hope not. At a cost of $250,000,000 of taxpayers’ money, one would think that more effort will be made to ensure that the job is done properly. You have the time, Mr Khan, do it right ...

NEIL PAIGE
Scarborough