Passenger, cargo transport continues to Port Kaituma – PM

What this source establishes

A DPI continuity-of-service release stating that Region One connectivity will be maintained through the MV Ma Lisha to Kumaka, with smaller T&HD vessels running the final leg to Port Kaituma. It records that the replacement vessel the government procured from India in 2021 does not itself reach Port Kaituma, requiring transhipment. Framed as logistics, it makes no reference to the safety of the substitute arrangement or of the smaller vessels now carrying passengers on the onward leg.

Official statement recorded in this source

"There is still a service to Port Kaituma" — maritime transport services to Region One remain operational despite the loss of the MV Barima, via the MV Ma Lisha to Kumaka plus smaller T&HD vessels onward.

Key claims

• Maritime transport services to Region One remain operational despite the loss of the MV Barima.
• The MV Ma Lisha, constructed in India and commissioned to serve the region, continues to operate on its scheduled route to Mabaruma.
• PM Phillips: "There is still a service to Port Kaituma."
• T&HD has deployed smaller vessels to transport passengers and cargo between Kumaka and Port Kaituma.
• PM Phillips: "The plan is that all passengers and cargo are loaded onto the MV Ma Lisha and transported to Kumaka. From there, smaller vessels move the passengers and cargo between Kumaka and Port Kaituma."

Quotations

• “There is still a service to Port Kaituma”— Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Phillips, Prime Minister
• “The plan is that all passengers and cargo are loaded onto the MV Ma Lisha and transported to Kumaka. From there, smaller vessels move the passengers and cargo between Kumaka and Port Kaituma”— Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Phillips, Prime Minister

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