The BVI Beacon
Border barges cost $360k per month
Though the Virgin Islands reopened to tourists at the start of December, the seaports remain closed to international travel, and government is continuing with measures to fortify border patrols. To …
Two barges have been helping to monitor the territory’s marine borders and ensure that boats donât violate the marine exclusion zone (above) announced last June. (Graphic: GIS)
Though the Virgin Islands reopened to tourists at the start of December, the seaports remain closed to international travel, and government is continuing with measures to fortify border patrols.
To that end, a private shipping company helping facilitate this security detail recently got a new government contract, according to a summary of a Feb. 17 Cabinet meeting that the Cabinet Office released Feb 25.