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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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