Georgetown: The location of the sunken wreck of the Chrisann V. is currently baffling officials who are still tabulating their various variables and parameters to determine a likely location. The vessel, from which two crew members are still missing at sea in shark infested waters for more than five days, is said to have went down in the vicinity of the Mouth of the Moruca River.
It was at the time transporting a barge laden with mining equipment inclusive of an excavator to the North West region when tragedy struck. Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn on Saturday told media operatives that, “the Chrisann V. is a loss…it has sunk without a trace at the moment….we don’t know where it is at the moment.”
Benn told media operatives that the officials are unaware of the vessel's location and said that surveyors and mariners are working tirelessly to try to ascertain a possible location for the wreck. The Minister said that the officials are unaware at this time if the vessel is just below the surface of the water and could possibly protrude at low tide. “Right now we don’t know where the boat is,” Benn said on Saturday.
A maritime official has opined that they are currently depending on the local knowledge of the fisherman in the area as well as reports of possible debris from the wreck which would assist in determining a possible salvage location.
Benn warned that MARAD will only go to an area based on credible information that it would be useful to search. He suggested that it would be very difficult to conduct a search without credible information given the nature of the terrain. The Chrisann V. sank on Wednesday evening leaving five of the nine crewmembers on board stranded on the barge it was pulling. At the time four others drifted off and were reported as missing. Two of the four missing men have since been recovered alive as the search continues for the remaining two crew members. They have been identified as Julian Garraway and the ill-fated vessel’s captain John Vanslytum.
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