Internal records reveal multiple reported issues with MV Barima months before deadly tragedy

What this source establishes

Third of four independent accounts. Third independent account of the leaked maintenance records, bylined Svetlana Marshall. Documents run 17 November 2025 to 9 March 2026 — a narrower window than Kaieteur's August 2025 to March 2026.

Key claims

• Third independent account of the leaked maintenance records, bylined **Svetlana Marshall**. Documents run **17 November 2025 to 9 March 2026** — a narrower window than Kaieteur's August 2025 to March 2026.
• Described as **handwritten reports compiled by the Marine Division's Chief Engineer**. Defects listed: non-functional generator critical switch (17 November); burnt wires at the changeover switch and panel (28 November); generator out of service from a "defective water pump and fan" needing "urgent" repair and a heat exchanger "working at a high temperature" and a leaking main engine exhaust (30 November); broken hatch pipe (9 March 2026).
• One record carries the words: **"Please treat this development urgently."**
• The outlet says the documents were "seen by News Source" and **does not say how it obtained them**. Recorded here because provenance matters and this archive holds none of the originals.
• **[FIGURES DISPUTED]** News Source gives **over 100 deaths** with 73 bodies recovered from 179 aboard. The state's confirmed figure is 73 dead with about 30 missing. The gap is bodies recovered against bodies recovered plus those presumed dead.

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