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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-
this particular one already had experience of dealing with the UK Government.
Maybe they didn't want it.
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Yeah fair enough, I don't know anything about what powers the government would have if it declared this kind of thing a 'national emergency'. If they can essentially just go and take vessels if they really really really need them, that would of course help!
snottyotter
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Yes but...
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.