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Pas­sen­ger traf­fic be­tween Trinidad and Venezuela via the Port of Ce­dros is on the de­cline, ac­cord­ing to trav­el agents and op­er­a­tors who ply the route.

What was once a bustling link across the Ser­pent’s Mouth (Colum­bus Chan­nel) now sees few­er ves­sels and re­duced num­bers aboard them, as ten­sions sim­mer be­tween T&T and Venezuela.

On­ly two ves­sels cur­rent­ly op­er­ate from Tu­cu­pi­ta, Venezuela to the Ce­dros port, with agents re­port­ing that nei­ther ves­sel is run­ning at full ca­pac­i­ty.