Attention Richard Bond. Apparently your message box was full, so the message below from Desmond Correia, the construction engineer in G/T, did not get throught to you. So I am forwarding it to the List. From: "Desmond Correia" <correiac@guyana.net.gy> To: <RichardBond@webtv.net> Cc: "Richard Allicock" <richwyn@idirect.com> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 4:31 AM Subject: Re: Georgetown Wharves. > Dear Richard, > > I was passed your query by a friend, Richard Allicock. > > The wharves of Georgetown stretch from the Groyne (which is at the > mouth of the Demerara River) to Peters Hall , a distance of about two > miles. They are on the East Bank of the River. Georgetown is on the > East Bank of the Demerara River. There are also some wharves further > upriver also. There are only few wharves on the West bank. And not > suitable. > > There are some wharves which can be ruled out, either because of the > ownership of the wharves, the type of wharf (eg fuel terminal, power > station fuel wharf, sawmill or stone quarry wharf, or working wharf > handling cargo or ferry service. > > I will try to list the wharves from memory starting from the mouth of > the river leaving out the Groyne which is at the mouth. > > Stone Depot wharf - a government wharf, utilised as a stone offloading > point. > > Demerara Timbers wharf - not in use and in good condition but probably > unsuitable because of sunken wreck nearby. Would need mooring dolphins > for large vessels. > > Guyana Power and Light - unsuitable - used for fuel unloading to power > station. > > Demerara Molasses Company Ltd wharf for unloading of molasses to bulk > tanks on land. Used all the time. > > Guyana Rice Development Co Ltd wharf - in derelict state - unused - > government owned. Can be suitable. > > Transport and Harbours Department wharf. Government wharf and operated > but in unsightly condition and needs to be upgraded. Can be suitable. > > Weithing and Reichter Co Ltd Wharf - private company and may be > suitable but company currently supplies ice to trawlers via wharf. > However there may be enough space for the permanent berthing of a > larger vessel. > > Cameron and Sheppard wharf. Used by a fertiliser company and a ship > repair company. Unavailable > > Muneswhar Co Ltd wharf. Shipping and cargo handling. Not highly > utilised, and have berthed ships that visit Guyana. Private company. > Don't know how they will view a long term berth. > > Wharf behind old Daveson Caribbean agency (Broody I think) - Derelict, > small. > > Combined John Fernandes and JP Santos wharves. Privately owned. Busiest > wharf. This one is out, I imagine. > > Stabroek market wharf, Customs boat house. These are out because of the > ferry berthing, produce boats, water taxies, customs boats etc. > > Baracara Quaries, - out because of quarry operations. > > Willems Timbers combined with Demerara Shipping Company Ltd wharf. Busy > shipping wharf. > > Comacho wharf - privately owned and used by Toolsie Persaud Lltd. Small > wharf and probably not suitable. Also used as a cement unloading wharf. > > GNIC combined with Charlestown Sawmills wharf. Some space may be available. > > Toolsie Persaud Sawmills wharf - private company, sawmill shot down and > wharf probably not fully utilised. > > Guyana Shipping Corp Ltd wharf - government corporation - working wharf. > > Old Booker wharf - probably in poor condition. > > Guyana Defence Force mooring wharf - Marine section wharf > > Sugar Terminals wharf - unsuitable - used to bulk load and unload sugar. > > Some vacant river front, small wharves, fisher men wharves etc. > > Caribbean Resources Ltd wharf - privately owned and suitable, currently > rented for stock piling, loading, unloading logs for export. > > Trawler companies, fuel terminal wharf, Flour Mill grain unloading wharf. > > > > GNIC is probably the largest in terms of actual wharf area and does have > a section of their wharf which they currently do not use (the old > Charlestown Sawmills wharf) This section will have to be rehabilitated, > although they were starting to rehabilitate this section since the > beginning of the year. GNIC is a shipping and ship building company. > They will probably be interested in such a venture. However, I am > uncertain what effect their current activities will have on a hotel or > vice versa. Traffic is congested on the road in this area. The guy to > talk to is Clinton Williams the current CEO. > > There are other wharves which can be used but they are in a poor > condition. This will include the old Rice Development wharf in Kingston. > This wharf is in poor state and will have to be rehabilitated. This is > a Government wharf. It is in a quiet part of Georgetown waterfront and > access is easy. It is nearer to the mouth of the river and to central > Georgetown. > > Adjacent the Groyne is the old Queen's warehouse (now abandoned) which > had a wharf several years ago, A wharf will have to be built in this > area. This is Sate land and I am uncertain what would be their reaction. > However, it will probably be a long time in getting an answer. > > All local wharves are piled and of timber. The river has to be dredged > regularly alongside the wharves to allow vessels of over 3000 tons to > berth. A vessel of 5000 tons will bottom at the low tides. > > Draft is around 20 feet at the low tide. Tidal rise is around 10 feet. > > I hope this will be of some help. > > > Desmond Correia. > > > > > > > > > >

Dear Richard, This is exactly the information that I was looking for. Thank you and please thank your friend Mr. Correia also. Let me reciprocate sometime. Yours Faithfully Richard Bond