MoPW staff departs for India for training on MV Ma Lisha vessel

Nineteen officers/technical staff attached to the Public Works Ministry departed Guyana for India for training to operate the new ferry, MV Ma Lisha.
The training will cover the mechanical and electrical system of the new ferry vessel and is expected to last for one week in Kolkata, India.

The team includes Shore Chief Engineer, Corwin Stepen; Mechanical Engineer, Steve Ramsarran;, Chief Engineer, Carlton Shivdyal; Second Engineer, Ryan Cheeks; Ordinary Salesman, Orandel Niles; Ordinary Seaman, Newton Parks; Technician (Electrical), Marion Levius; Technician (Electrical), Godfrey Reece; Technician (Mechanical), Leandre Nelson; Mate, Orson Linndie; Mate, Matthew Burke; Captain, Cleroy Haywood; Chief Engineer, Paul Brotherson; Second Engineer, Garfield Karl; Ordinary Seaman, Courtney Melville; Ordinary Seaman, Randy October; Surveyor of Ships, Courtney McDonald; Technician (Electrical), Collis Bethune and Chief Mechanical Engineer, Victor Reid.
Some of the officers recently met with the Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, H E Dr KJ Srinivasa during which he briefed the team on the ongoing cooperation between India and Guyana, of which the MV Ma Lisha was one of the prime examples, as well as on general information on the economic progress, culture, cuisine, tourist places in India, especially in Kolkata.
The MV Ma Lisha oceangoing ferry is built by the premier Indian company, M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd, under the Government of India’s US$12.77 million Line of Credit-cum-Grant project in India.
The ferry will cater to the transportation needs of passengers and cargo along the river line and coastal routes of the North-western district of Guyana.
The ferry was launched earlier this year in India by Public Works Minister Juan Edghill, Guyana’s High Commissioner to India Charrandas Persaud and other dignitaries.