Hi guys, thank you both for your replies.
Just to get it clear there is no biased or angle to my question Rexroth, i'm really only a novice when it comes to research/interest in ships and being quite young in comparison to some I don't have the best knowledge of years gone by.
You both make some good points about Carisbrooke & Wagenborg having and using larger ships than some of the smaller firms have available for short sea transport...for some reason I ALWAYS thought 4000dwt was about max for Europe to Europe transport so my eyes are a bit more open.
Part of the reason for my questions was just a general interest and there is rather a lack of info on company websites...Willie Group update their vessel open slots so it's interesting to see the movements of their ships but Faversham and even big guns like Carisbrooke seem to ignore updating their news pages and such. I guess as a business the time and resource understandably has to be spent on earning money and not satisfying those of a curious nature!
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I mention the Beaumont incident purely because issues like that can have a big swing in the fortunes of a small company and are always disconcerting to read. Glad to hear it's probably of little consequence to the overall business.
Finance is an interesting point made too. I have never managed to understand why there is so little interest from government with regards to shipping. It's reliable, cost effective and eco friendly...from a government point of view it ticks ALL of the boxes but is never promoted on any level. In fact at the age of 28 I don't think i've ever heard it mentioned.
Once again thanks for your replies, if anyone else has any comments/thoughts about UK short sea companies in general or anything else to add please do.
Thanks