Family Islanders are facing a supply shortage as mailboat owners and operators move to suspend inter-island transport.<\/p>\n
Only two of 15 mailboats in the government subsidized fleet, the Bahamas Daybreak and the Eleuthera Express, continued regular scheduled operations yesterday.<\/p>\n
The strike has been organized by the Mailboat Owners and Operators Association, who are demanding immediate government assistance primarily due to the rising cost of diesel fuel.<\/p>\n
While no formal statement has been issued from the association, individual mailboat captains have told a local newspaper that the disruption is a desperate attempt to bring government’s attention to a critical and growing issue.<\/p>\n
Mailboat service is vital to those living in the Family Islands, many whom depend on the fleet to bring perishables from Nassau that on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n
Out-Island distributors are concerned. Their goods were refused by mailboats yesterday.<\/p>\n
Mailboats are subsidized by the government for the transport of goods to the out islands. The inter-island transport system is the sole provider to most of the supermarkets on those islands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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