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Chief Secretary and Tobago People’s Party leader Farley Augustine says a replacement for the MV Cabo Star, the roll-on/roll-off ferry that has served Tobago’s inter-island seabridge since 2017, has been identified and submitted to Cabinet for approval. The current vessel’s contract, managed by Bridgemans Services Group, ends on January 12, 2026, and will not be renewed.
“We have an evaluation team that returned from Spain and Greece last week and I am going to Cabinet this Thursday to present to Cabinet the option that those that did the evaluation said we should go with,” Augustine said at a political meeting last night. He added that the proposed vessel could have “as much as 100 cabins because we listen to your stakeholders.”
Augustine rejected claims that the government attempted to conceal the Cabo Star’s departure, saying discussions with stakeholders began months ago. “A conversation was had with the stakeholders on June 11, 2025, right in my office… They actually said to the minister this is what we want. Go and find a boat that can reflect what we actually want.”
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