Thanks Ed re the translations..yes the guys want to work. But judging what is happening in the repair yards as mentioned above, times seem very hard in shipping generally. Bound to be badly hit I suppose by the world economic downturn. But sad days though.
With Ed's shipping line DFDS(

he doesnt really own it ..or.. ) being packed out it goes to show there is still massive demand for cross channel carriers so Seafrance is being missed. The demand is there but the business modus operandi clearly needs re-calculation in order to make these ships pay. Im hoping for a Seafrance return.