will
available to operate a shuttle service between
St Hel and Ascension and to take passengers and
cargo toand from Capetown.
In addition, another vessel, the 'Marag Mette, has
been chartered to carry 900 tons of cargo from Avonmouth
37%
to the islands. She should arrive soon.
Furthermore,
the St Helena Shipping Company is actively searching for
another passenger/cargo vessel to operate on the
St Helena route until the RMS St Helena is returned
to service.
As to Russian shipping, at the request of the
Government of St Helena, we told the Russians in April
this year that the port of Jamestown will, until.
further notice, be unable to supply any visiting Soviet
ships.
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