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Re: Pinel Island Ferry Service Halted
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12/07/2016 01:22 PM
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Huh. Those guys who run the ferry service to Pinel have kind of their own fiefdom there, I guess!!
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Re: Pinel Island Ferry Service Halted
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12/07/2016 02:53 PM
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As Wendell implied, I doubt that guy is running either, especially since the headline of the story said "ferry service halted"...
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Re: Pinel Island Ferry Service Halted
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12/07/2016 04:09 PM
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The article is titled: "Ferrymen stopped serving Pinel" and in the article the following appears: "Meanwhile, the restaurants on the islet are deserted. One of them is also closed since Monday."
Based upon that and what I have seen mentioned elsewhere, there is no service to Pinel as far as I know. I believe at least one of the boat captains was blocking the road to the parking lot also.
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Re: Pinel Island Ferry Service Halted
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12/09/2016 08:49 AM
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According to the article in the online version of The Daily Herald today, the strike continues and another meeting is scheduled for today. Meetings were held with the 4 striking captains on Monday and Tuesday with no resolve. I believe they are still blocking the road and there is little activity on Pinel. And a more recent ARTICLE.
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Re: Pinel Island Ferry Service Halted
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12/09/2016 09:02 AM
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Hopefully it gets resolved soon. I must admit though, that the Prefect's position that they want the 4 carriers to prove their damages is kind of silly, to me. There are X number of people that are going to go to Pinel, regardless. If there are 5 carriers hauling the same number of people, versus 4, obviously each of the 4 carriers has now lost 5% of the total business, and a drop of 20% of their individual business..
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Re: Pinel Island Ferry Service Halted
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12/09/2016 11:17 AM
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I wondered about that also.
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Re: Pinel Island Ferry Service Halted
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12/09/2016 11:48 AM
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Yeah, thought about that afterwards and didn't go back to fix it. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> Fixed it now.
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Re: Pinel Island Ferry Service Halted
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12/10/2016 09:12 AM
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It would be interesting if part of the solution would lie in providing regular ferry transportation to Tintamarre, although one would think it would have to be in bigger boats than what they use to go to Pinel, as the ride to Tintamarre can be rough.
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