THE Transport and Harbours Department, yesterday, indicated that efforts are underway to salvage the truck that fell off M.V. Kanawan on April 9 onto the Essequibo river bed.
However, it said salvaging operations are being hampered by unfavourable tidal conditions, but operators are tackling this problem.The truck, GKK 9195, was at the time transporting 12 tonnes of cargo when it unfortunately slipped into the Essequibo River between the ferry and the floating ramp while disembarking at the stern draw door of M.V. Kanawan at Supenaam Stelling ‘roll on, roll off’ facility.
A total of nine small vehicles, three canter trucks and nine small wheel-base trucks and seven full size trucks were being transported from Parika to Supenaam.
According to the T&HD, it is apt to note that there was no damage to the Supenaam facility and it is in operational order.
The T&HD and MARAD are investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident.

The T&HD noted that during the incident, passengers were able to disembark the vessel approximately one (1) hour after the incident through the starboard (right) side of the vessel.
The other vehicles were able to disembark the vessel at 20:45hrs on April 9, 2014 after the door was raised from the water.
The T&HD was also able to maintain its schedule from Parika at 12:00hrs (12.00 pm) with the use of the M.V. Makouria. However, the Department was unable to provide the 12:00hrs (pm) schedule from Supenaam due to the two Chinese vessels being out of operation as a result of the incident. It should be noted, however, that the M.V. Malali had made an unscheduled trip to Supenaam which departed at 10:00hrs from Supenaam, therefore, the inability of the Department to provide the 12:00 hrs service should not have caused much inconvenience especially for vehicular traffic.
It was also noted that the two roll-on roll-off ferries were able to restart normal operation for the 01:00hrs schedule yesterday (April 10th, 2014).