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toubab1020
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 Posted - 28 Jul 2014 : 12:49:45
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REHABILITATION and updating of the existing ferries in order to make them safe and prevent a disaster,today one SAFE ferry is sailing and providing a PROPER service instead of the 5 hours that a crossing of about 6 miles has been known to take in the recent past,I am told it takes just over half an hour.The REVAMPED AND IMPROVED GPA has apparently got its act together and is intent on raising funding for expansion of passenger and vehicle traffic after the SECOND REHABILITATED FERRY returns to service.
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"Jobarteh also said the GPA plans to reconstruct a second landing as part of its commitment to the improvement of the technical capabilities of its ferries and facilities at terminals in Banjul and Barra.
He noted that the old landing bridges operated by the hydraulic pulley have been in place since 1977 without major replacement, though repaired and rehabilitated in between."
http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/gpa-poised-to-handle-heavy-passenger-traffic-for-koriteh |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 17 Oct 2014 : 16:11:15
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CONTINUING STORY,I wonder if the Gambian Ferry service will be able to serve the Gambian population without the inevitable "breakdown " and "maintenance" problems that APPEAR to always exist after the ferries have been in active service for a few months,then cries are heard from everyone:Who will give us NEW Ferries ?
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He then approached the GPA with a proposal to build a new ferry. After the presentation, GPA expressed the need to slip up Johe for maintenance.
He then told the management that he has a company in China which builds ships, and was in China and saw the launching of a ship.
Back in the United States through his company, he contacted his partners in China, whose response was that they can slip up the ferry.
Sonko led the negotiation with the GPA and saved them US$100,000 he told this reporter, and then came with his partner in China to The Gambia to start work on the Kanilai ferry.
Sonko was glad to have facilitated the partnership, and contribute his quota towards the development of his country.
Right now Kanilai is in the process of being repaired, and the GPA has said the maintenance will take 16 weeks to complete.
Kanilai is much bigger than Johe, and also has more serious damage, that was why the maintenance will take 16 weeks
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/kanilai-ferry-undergoes-maintenance-1 |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 20 Dec 2014 : 21:13:11
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How about a bit of dredging by the dredger that is posted at the Banjul side of the crossing ? the same ferry used to dock at Barra with minimal trouble,the GPA spokesperson just dodged the question,could it be due to climate change ?
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"Some of the students from different schools also raised similar concerns. They said that the boats are very expensive. They all urged the authorities to work on having another ferry or to try and find a better solution to this problem.
This reporter had earlier approached the Public Relations Officer of the Gambia Ports Authority on the concerns raised by travellers. In response, Ansumana Gibba said Kanilai is under Total maintenance which is scheduled to be completed by the end of December 2014 or early January 2015. Mr. Gibba said this will help in minimizing the problems of crossing."
http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/2877#more-2877 |
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Momodou
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Posted - 07 Apr 2015 : 15:10:37
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GPA re-launches Kanilai ferry, after 3-month rehabilitation
The Point: Published on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
The management of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) on Friday re-launched the Kanilai ferry, after it has undergone about three months of rigorous maintenance.
The ferry is now said to be ready for operations from Banjul to Barra.
In his official statement at the re-launching, GPA Managing Director Lamin Sanyang said he was delighted to preside over the historic event after the successful rehabilitation of the Kanilai ferry and its subsequent redeployment, to provide much-needed service at the Banjul-Barra crossing point.
All the ferries are undergoing major rehabilitation to improve their technical capability, he said, adding that Johe ferry had been successfully repaired and redeployed for service since April 2014 and the next has been the Kanilai ferry.
Going forward, he continued, the other provincial ferries such as Soma and Farafenni plying along the Trans -Gambia route will be withdrawn and subjected to the same repairs.
According to MD Sanyang, the estimated cost of all of the ferry rehabilitation projects, which goes in tandem with the upgrading of the Banjul Shipyard, is more than six million euros.............
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toubab1020
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Posted - 07 Apr 2015 : 19:40:22
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GOOD !!!
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Originally posted by Momodou
GPA re-launches Kanilai ferry, after 3-month rehabilitation
The Point: Published on Tuesday, April 07, 2015
The management of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) on Friday re-launched the Kanilai ferry, after it has undergone about three months of rigorous maintenance.
The ferry is now said to be ready for operations from Banjul to Barra.
In his official statement at the re-launching, GPA Managing Director Lamin Sanyang said he was delighted to preside over the historic event after the successful rehabilitation of the Kanilai ferry and its subsequent redeployment, to provide much-needed service at the Banjul-Barra crossing point.
All the ferries are undergoing major rehabilitation to improve their technical capability, he said, adding that Johe ferry had been successfully repaired and redeployed for service since April 2014 and the next has been the Kanilai ferry.
Going forward, he continued, the other provincial ferries such as Soma and Farafenni plying along the Trans -Gambia route will be withdrawn and subjected to the same repairs.
According to MD Sanyang, the estimated cost of all of the ferry rehabilitation projects, which goes in tandem with the upgrading of the Banjul Shipyard, is more than six million euros.............
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toubab1020
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Posted - 24 Sep 2020 : 17:00:30
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Cant expect a reconditioned ferry to last more than 5 years before it breaks down. Can you?
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https://standard.gm/passengers-evacuated-by-canoe-as-kanilai-ferry-breaks-down-at-sea/
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By Tabora Bojang September 24, 2020
Pandemonium gripped hundreds of passengers on The Kanilai ferry yesterday when the vessel suffered an engine failure shortly before reaching Barra. After frustrating moments of anxiety, private canoe operators in the fishing village spontaneously came to the rescue of the vessel’s human cargo and passengers could be seen queuing to jump into canoes which ferried them to safety. Others who could, swam to shore. Not having enough capacity, the canoes could not take everyone and the ferry management had to deploy another ferry to transfer the remaining passengers and vehicles to safety in Barra.
The GPA public relations officer, Modou Lamin Sanyang told The Standard the ferry developed an engine trouble shortly before reaching Barra but all the passengers and vehicles were transferred to another ferry or volunteering canoes to safety.
“The Ferry Services Management wishes to reassure its esteemed customers and indeed the travelling public that efforts will not be spared to enhance safer and more reliable service,” he said.
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