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The Blue Wave Har­mo­ny de­part­ed the Port of Scar­bor­ough at ap­prox­i­mate­ly 7.15 am to­day and is en route to the Port of Port of Spain, where it is sched­uled to un­der­go re­pairs ac­cord­ing to a re­lease from the Trinidad & To­ba­go In­ter-Is­land Trans­porta­tion Com­pa­ny.

The ves­sel had been un­der­go­ing sea tri­als as part of its com­mis­sion­ing process ahead of en­try in­to com­mer­cial ser­vice. It suc­cess­ful­ly com­plet­ed its first sea tri­al on Jan­u­ary 27, sail­ing from Port of Spain to Scar­bor­ough.

Dur­ing its sec­ond sea tri­al on Jan­u­ary 30, the ves­sel sus­tained dam­age to its hull while berthing at the Port of Scar­bor­ough. At the time, the ves­sel was un­der the com­mand of its cap­tain and as­sist­ed by a ma­rine pi­lot, in keep­ing with stan­dard op­er­at­ing pro­ce­dures. On­ly crew mem­bers were on board and there were no re­ports of in­juries.