The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) received a number of engines and marine vessel parts from the Government and people of the United States of America (USA) under the existing Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI).
GDF Inspector-General, Colonel Trevor Bowman, receives the signed document from US Charge d’Affaires, Mark Cullinane, for $40M in boat supplies at the simple handover ceremony – Photo Credit: (GDF)
The items, which valued at some USD $200,000 (GYD$ 40,000,000), were handed over to Inspector General Colonel Trevor Bowman and the Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard, Commander Sean Harmon, by the US Embassy’s Charge d’Affaires Mark Culliane, at Coast Guard Ship Hinds.
Colonel Bowman thanked the US representatives on behalf of the GDF Chief-of-Staff and noted that the timely delivery of the equipment would certainly boost the Coast Guard’s operations.
The items received include four Yamaha 250 HP engines, two Metal Shark Shockwave seats, fuel pumps, motor assemblies, propellers, and batteries, among other items.
Some of the boat supplies received from the United States of America (USA) – Photo Credit: (GDF)
A United States of America initiative, initiated in 1983 as a temporary programme by the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and took effect on January 1, 1984.
However, the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1990, known as “CBI II,” made the CBI permanent. The GDF has benefited over the years under the Initiative.
