The MV Canawaima will be out of operation on Wednesday, March 16, and Thursday March 17, 2022, to facilitate emergency repairs to the vessel.
MV Canawaima
This is according to a statement issued by Management of the Guyana-Suriname Ferry Service on Tuesday afternoon. As such, the management regrets any inconvenience this closure will cause.
For further information, passengers can contact the office on 339-2744/339-2787.
Over the past 5 years, the ferry has been drydocked from time to time on numerous occasions, coupled with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The MV Canawaima was previously dry-docked for more than a year and had only returned to operation in October of 2021.
At that time the discussions on the resumption of the Canawaima Ferry Service were held with officials from both Guyana and Suriname who met to iron out outstanding matters concerning the ferry.
Public Works Minister Juan Edghill had met with his Surinamese counterpart, the Minister of Transport, Communication and Tourism, Albert Jubithana where discussions were facilitated.
The MV Canawaima was also taken into dry docks in March 2020 when the service was suspended due to the coronavirus; the vessel had been plagued with problems.
The Canawaima Ferry Service was introduced to Guyana on October 28, 1998, under the Companies Act, Number 29 of 1991, of the Laws of Guyana.
It is jointly owned by the Governments of Guyana and Suriname, as each country owns 50 per cent of the issued share capital.
For years, the Guyana-Suriname Ferry Service served as a critical and legal link between the two countries, mutually improving economic and cultural relations. Without the ferry service, scores of persons in Suriname and Guyana usually resort to the alternative “backtrack” routes.
