Inter-island ferry outlines cargo plan ahead of Blue Wave Harmony arrival

The in­ter-is­land fer­ry ser­vice has out­lined how it will man­age car­go op­er­a­tions dur­ing the tran­si­tion pe­ri­od be­fore the ar­rival of the MV Blue Wave Har­mo­ny.

The Port Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go said con­tin­gency arrange­ments would take ef­fect fol­low­ing the ex­piry of the MV Cabo Star’s lease on Jan­u­ary 12, 2026, and re­main in place ahead of the Blue Wave Har­mo­ny’s ex­pect­ed ar­rival on or about Jan­u­ary 18—sub­ject to weath­er con­di­tions and reg­u­la­to­ry clear­ances.

Un­der the con­tin­gency plan, car­go and pas­sen­ger ser­vices will be sup­port­ed through the co­or­di­nat­ed de­ploy­ment of ex­ist­ing ves­sels, us­ing es­tab­lished car­go pri­or­i­ties and book­ing chan­nels.

The Galleons Pas­sage will serve as the pri­ma­ry ves­sel for es­sen­tial and pri­or­i­ty car­go, while the T&T Spir­it will car­ry lim­it­ed pal­letised es­sen­tial car­go with­in ap­proved safe­ty and weight lim­its.

The A.P.T. James will op­er­ate pas­sen­ger and ac­com­pa­nied ve­hi­cle ser­vices on­ly and will not car­ry car­go.

All op­er­a­tions will re­main sub­ject to mar­itime safe­ty and ves­sel sta­bil­i­ty re­quire­ments.

Car­go ac­cep­tance will be guid­ed by a pri­ori­ti­sa­tion sys­tem, with food, phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals and med­ical sup­plies list­ed as Pri­or­i­ty 1. Es­sen­tial re­tail and small and medi­um en­ter­prise sup­plies fall un­der Pri­or­i­ty 2, while non-es­sen­tial car­go may be de­ferred un­der Pri­or­i­ty 3.

The Au­thor­i­ty said port and ves­sel op­er­a­tions teams will man­age car­go al­lo­ca­tion on a dai­ly ba­sis.