Image courtesy the National Infrastructure Development Company Limited (NIDCO).
Less than 3,000 nautical miles lie between the newest ferry in the national fleet the APT James and its new home, Trinidad and Tobago, following a bunkering (refuelling) stopover at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, over the Christmas holiday.
The estimated arrival date of the vessel has been revised to the first week in January 2021, good weather permitting, according to a news release from the National Infrastructure Development Company Limited (NIDCO).
According to the NIDCO statement, the APT James arrived at Las Palmas on Friday 25 December 2020 at 8:00 pm (local time).
NIDCO explains that the Las Palmas stop is the last stop in the vessel’s journey to Trinidad and Tobago, which began on Thursday 12 November 2020, the day it departed its manufacturing hub in Vietnam.
One more stop!
The National Infrastructure Development Company Limited (NIDCO) has advised that the APT James arrived at the Port of Algeciras, Spain on Friday at 6:30pm.
In a statement, NIDCO said the vessel arrived in Spain after an additional stop at Port Valletta, Malta to avoid unfavourable weather conditions in the Mediterranean Sea.
It said with this stop in Spain, it leaves one more stop at Cape Verde and 3918 nautical miles remaining in its journey to Trinidad and Tobago.
NIDCO added APT James remains on schedule for its arrival in Trinidad and Tobago in late December 2020, good weather permitting.