With Caribbean in need, EU supporting better intra-regional transportation 

The European Union is supporting ventures that will help solve intra-regional transportation woes, the body’s Ambassador to Guyana Rene Van Nes said this week.

“We are in discussion with a wide range of actors to make sure that transport options for both passenger and cargo traffic can be increased in the near future,” the Ambassador said as he addressed the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Investment Forum 2024.

Van Nes noted that an investment window with the Caribbean Development Bank has already been set up to improve maritime connectivity.

The vision behind the EU support, the Ambassador said, is to promote regional integration and growth.

Solving intra-regional transportation woes has been a huge focus of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), particularly now that the region is pursuing an ambitious Guyana-led goal of slashing costly food imports by 25% by 2025.

Already, government and private sector stakeholders have been joining hands to figure out how cheaper transportation ventures can be developed. A new regional ferry venture among Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados and another private sector venture are in the works.