So the Prime Minister has, at last, announced his gift to the people of Marsaxlokk and Birżebbuġa. He told them that the gas storage tanker will be placed in the harbour for “a few years”.
The word ‘few’ is open to anyone’s interpretation.
However, Joseph Muscat failed to tell his party faithful that Bumi Armada, the company hiring the ship to Electrogas, signed an 18-year agreement.
I have a feeling that this ship will be there for many years.
Dr Muscat also compared this great monster in Marsaxlokk harbour to a container vessel at the Freeport. He seemed to forget that a container vessel arrives, unloads and goes away, whereas this great monster will be there for at least 18 years.