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Works and Transport Minister Jearlean John yesterday dismissed a damning S&P Global vessel history report on the MV Blue Wave Harmony, calling it “information on Wikipedia,” even though it flagged multiple safety and maintenance-related defects related to the vessel over the past two years.
The report, a core shipping-industry record used to vet ships worldwide, records the ship’s US Coast Guard detention and lists around 30 defects flagged on the vessel in five countries between 2023 and 2025.
However, commenting on a Guardian Media investigation in yesterday’s paper, which highlighted the vessel’s recent troubling history, John was dismissive of the line of questioning on possible safety issues this may raise for its use on the inter-island service, telling reporters at the United National Congress media conference: “This is something, public information on some website called Wikipedia allyuh go and put up as exclusive. Ask a next question. Don’t ask me about that.”
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