Coast Guard provides swift aid to Dominica

A release from the Defence Force yesterday, in which it officially announced that at 7.45 am on Wednesday, the Coast Guard vessel TTS Moruga CG 27, departed Staubles Bay, Chaguaramas, bound for Dominica with relief supplies and personnel.

The vessel was expected to arrive around 7.45 am yesterday because, depending on sea conditions, it would have taken 20 to 24 hours for the vessel to reach Dominica.

The TTS Moruga transported “food, water, generators and many more items that were donated and collected from various stakeholders at various locations throughout TT.

The 21-member crew and a 21-member disaster relief team onboard the TTCG vessel will assist in securing and managing the distribution of relief items,” the TTDF stated.

Newsday understands that the TTS Moruga will likely remain there for a week before returning to Trinidad while another TTCG vessel may very well be used to transport donated items to Dominica.

A departure date for that other vessel has not yet been determined.

The TTDF has arranged seven drop off locations in Trinidad and two in Tobago (see list below).

For further information, the public is advised to contact the TTDF’s Disaster Relief Hotlines for general enquiries at 271-3372, 271-3377 or 271-3378.