Transportation

An inter-Caribbean passenger ferry service will need strict regional safety standards and coordinated emergency systems to work, an experienced mariner and fisherman has warned, citing Saturday’s Guyana river ferry disaster …

Barbadians are increasingly embracing electric (EV) and hybrid vehicles (HEVs), with dealerships reporting a sharp rise in demand as consumers seek to lower fuel costs and take advantage of government …

Government interventions are holding down fuel and electricity costs for households, with motorists paying about 50 cents a litre less at the pump than market rates would otherwise dictate, Minister …

A proposed CARICOM ferry service should be designed first and foremost around the commercial movement of goods, with passenger transport treated as secondary, economist Jeremy Stephen has suggested, if the …

A long-awaited regional ferry service is moving closer to a real-world test, with CARICOM leaders signalling that a Trinidad and Tobago–owned vessel could begin limited operations “within months” as part …

The government is moving ahead with plans to widen Highway 2A – the Ronald Mapp Highway – to four lanes as part of its wider effort to ease traffic congestion …

Passengers lose insurance cover when they use unlicensed “pirate” public transport, officials warned on Monday, as they urged both commuters and operators to comply with licensing and insurance requirements. Chief …

Global ride-hailing giant Uber has moved to reassure taxi drivers amid mounting claims that it is undercutting livelihoods, extracting foreign exchange, and reshaping the island’s transport economy. In a statement …

The Friends of Democracy (FOD) has launched a comprehensive engagement initiative aimed at addressing critical vulnerabilities in safety, professionalism, and service reliability across the public transport sector,  ​The opposition group …