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The Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore today confirmed up to £3 million of interim funding will be provided from the UK Government for replacement tugboats in the Northern and Western Isles. Funding will be delivered on an exceptional basis for three months to allow final attempts to secure a long-term replacement to continue
Commercial and salvage industry can be used by operators to assist ships in difficulty. There are a variety of means of securing this form of assistance if needed, including invoking powers to secure vessels from commercial providers. We are confident that if a vessel of this kind is required, there are sufficient commercial operators available to draw on.
The Minister will convene a meeting of a UK ETV group shortly and further details will be announced in due course.
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