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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - GEORGETOWN — A passenger ferry carrying at least 133 people has capsized off the coast of Guyana, with rescue teams saving 67 people as they searched to find dozens more still missing at sea.
No survivors have been found since Sunday afternoon, when authorities said rescuers had saved 41 men, 11 women, six boys and nine girls.
The ferry, MV Barima, departed the capital Georgetown for Port Kaituma shortly after 3 pm on Saturday.
Guyana’s coast guard received a distress call at around 11 pm and responded alongside private vessels.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips told AFP that the search and rescue operation would continue in the daylight and that he expected the number of rescued people to go up. He shared an update and photos of the rescue operation on Facebook.
Juan Edghill, a government minister, said in a video posted on Facebook that medical teams had been sent to the area to care for survivors brought ashore by the coast guard and other rescue vessels.
Edghill said the ferry was equipped with 250 life jackets, two rigid life rafts and six inflatable life rafts.
The MV Barima was built in 1939 and is around 40 metres long, according to the maritime tracking website VesselFinder.
The ferry regularly operates between Georgetown and Port Kaituma, transporting passengers and cargo to communities in Guyana’s North West District.
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