The Port of Galeota, which opened earlier this month, has a strategic role in protecting the country’s energy installations against terrorist attacks and other security risks, Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine said yesterday.
In an address at the American Chamber of Commerce of T&T’s (AmchamTT) HSSE Conference and Exhibition at the Hyatt Regency in Port-of-Spain, he said the US$85 million facility, the first new port in T&T in 17 years, provides the Coast Guard with a dedicated berth and presence on Trinidad’s east coast. “This will aid in allowing the Coast Guard to protect our energy installations off the east coast as well as aid in response to accident and emergency search and rescue,” he said.
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