GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana government on Tuesday said that the search and recovery operations following the MV Barima tragedy, resulting in the deaths of 73 people and more than 30 others missing and presumed dead, have ended.

A brief statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said that, “however, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre remains operational” and that “there has been no change in the status of the identification of the recovered bodies”.

The MV Barima sank on July 18 as it made its way from Georgetown to Port Kaituma. A total of 76 people were rescued during the morning after the ferry went down, but since then there has been no other recovery.