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Stuart, @post 177, DHB cannot do as they wish, please try reading what I have written, and what the DfT have written.
DHB own and run the Port, but to privatise it, they would have to ask permission to the DfT (Government).
This is, because the DHB Charter does not allow privatisation of the Port.
The DHB bid was rejected by the Government.
What DHB can do, is to do that what is allowed in the DHB charter, and that means considering all available options.
Honestly, Stuart, I thought you would have grasped this some three years ago!