Beauport breakdown delays Tobago travel

FERRY PASSENGERS scheduled to travel toTobago at 2 pm yesterday had to endure a four and a half hour delay after the MV Beauport developed mechanical problems. Port Authority Executive Manager Leon Grant said as a result of the problem, the 2 pm trip by the Beauport had been cancelled, but the MF Panorama picked up the slack. The Panorama left Port-of-Spain at 6.30 pm yesterday and was scheduled to leave Scarborough on its return trip at 2 am today. Grant said passengers would have experienced only minimum inconvenience since the Port Authority had been issuing announcements via the radio. In a release yesterday, the Authority advised that persons in possession of tickets for the 2 pm and 11 pm sailings yesterday would have been accommodated on the 6.30 pm and 2 am departures. Grant said he expected the  Beauport to be back in operation today.