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To­ba­go has now gone more than three weeks with­out a ded­i­cat­ed car­go ser­vice, and busi­ness lead­ers warn the is­land is on the brink of se­ri­ous eco­nom­ic dam­age as short­ages deep­en and ma­jor events are can­celled.

The To­ba­go arm of the T&T Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce said there had been no re­li­able car­go move­ment since Jan­u­ary 12.

Guardian Me­dia ob­served emp­ty shelves in su­per­mar­kets, with items such as toi­let pa­per, wa­ter, bread and meat ei­ther scarce or un­avail­able.