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Yes but...
The ships are deployed on long term contracts in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Baltic and Indian Ocean.
Presumably those 4 vessels aren't completely unbooked from April, right? I think generally finding companies who own vessels is probably not that difficult, but - and this is entirely my assumption though! - I'd expect them to have contracts quite a bit in advance, so they're probably not free at such a short notice.
SwissChap-
I'm not suggesting that those specific 4 vessels should be re-deployed,
although, if May does decide to crash us out without a withdrawal agreement,
the national emergency might override MoD requirements,
but sought to show that there are UK companies with experience of running roro services,
and,
this particular one already had experience of dealing with the UK Government.
mespilus
What if the UK Government had a long term relationship with an experienced shipping company for the provision of roro services, say for the MoD?