Infrastructure Minister Says Steam Packet Needs Debts Cleared

Steam Packet Can Only Move Forward Once Debts Are Cleared

Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne has been speaking to 3FM following on from his meeting with workers union Nautilus and RMT Union General Secretary Bob Crow earlier this week.

He said the meeting enlightened him to a number of issues he otherwise hadn’t been made aware of yet.

The protests have intensified over the past week with the Steam Packet workers worried about the future of their jobs due to the emergence of Mezeron’s new freight service and the impact its had on the Steam Packet’s finances.

Minister Gawne said it's the debt that the Steam Packet and its associated companies carry that is the root of the problem, and for the company to move forward a strategy of how to remove the debt needs to be formulated.

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