Hi Eric,
I suppose it had to come eventually...particularly the way thing are now. When I was doing my experience in June, sometimes the ships were hardly full, as a lot of the haulage companies had since gone bust.
There is some talk of possibly using Fleetwood as a base for the Wind Farm vessels, but as to whether or not that'll materialise is another thing. However, it sounds as though something is in the pipe line, as Stena have a deadline for when all the yards have to be cleared, so it sounds to me as something is going on, unless ABP are being awkward because Stena have pulled out.
Jack.
p.s. The last sailing is on Friday at 9 in the morning.