The Port Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go has con­firmed that a tem­po­rary car­go ves­sel has been se­cured and is en route to the coun­try to main­tain the in­ter-is­land car­go sea bridge.

The MV Blue Wave Har­mo­ny is ex­pect­ed to ar­rive in Trinidad on Jan­u­ary 18, re­plac­ing the MV Cabo Star, whose lease ex­pires on Jan­u­ary 12. The ves­sel has been con­tract­ed for one year, with plans in place to ac­quire a per­ma­nent, cus­tom-built car­go ves­sel there­after.

Chief Sec­re­tary and To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty (TPP) leader Far­ley Au­gus­tine an­nounced the de­vel­op­ment at a po­lit­i­cal meet­ing in Ma­son Hall on Mon­day night, high­light­ing sev­er­al up­grad­ed fea­tures of the in­com­ing ves­sel.