Ferry maintenance reviewed

He said the Spirit will undergo comprehensive hull accommodation, safety and auxiliary machinery works in June. Sinanan said the Express will have comprehensive hull accommodation and auxiliary machinery works done on it when it is dry docked in September.

On interim measures to avoid either vessel breaking down before they are dry docked, Sinanan said the Port Authority has instructed that nightly maintenance be done on both ferries and any inefficiencies corrected immediately.

Later in the sitting, Sinanan said his ministry has not been asked by the Health Ministry to conduct any inspection on the Couva Children’s Hospital as a result of a recent earthquake which occurred off Tobago. He said it was improper for his ministry to take such an initiative on its own. Sinanan also said there were no reports of any damage in the Couva area as a result of that earthquake.