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Works and Trans­port Min­is­ter Jear­lean John says she is await­ing ex­pert as­sess­ments on the MV Blue Wave Har­mo­ny, af­ter the ves­sel sus­tained hull dam­age in Scar­bor­ough.

John said cer­ti­fied welders were dis­patched to To­ba­go yes­ter­day, as of­fi­cials try to de­ter­mine how quick­ly it can re­turn to ser­vice.

Speak­ing to re­porters as she made her way in­to Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day, John was pressed about whether the Gov­ern­ment would move to a tem­po­rary so­lu­tion while the ves­sel is out of op­er­a­tion.