The MV Blue Wave Har­mo­ny car­go fer­ry is ex­pect­ed to sig­nif­i­cant­ly boost trade and busi­ness ac­tiv­i­ty be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go, the Min­istry of Works and In­fra­struc­ture has said.

Min­is­ter of Works and In­fra­struc­ture Jear­lean John toured the ves­sel yes­ter­day, ac­com­pa­nied by Chief Sec­re­tary of the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly Far­ley Au­gus­tine, Port Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go chair­man Dr Rod­ney Ram­roop, and act­ing pres­i­dent of the Na­tion­al In­fra­struc­ture De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed Ravi Seereer­am.

The min­istry said the new fer­ry will en­hance con­nec­tiv­i­ty across the in­ter-is­land Sea Bridge and im­prove the move­ment of goods. The MV Blue Wave Har­mo­ny has ca­pac­i­ty for ap­prox­i­mate­ly 125 freight units, 31 re­frig­er­at­ed sock­ets, and heavy-du­ty load­ing ramps, mark­ing a ma­jor up­grade in car­go ca­pa­bil­i­ty.