Time is running out for the British ETVs

The ETV Anglian Monarch is shown operating with a French lifeboat and fire and rescue service RIB during a joint Anglo-French Manchex exercise. (Photo courtesy of Peter Barker)

In spite of considerable opposition and lobbying, the British government shows no sign of changing its decision to scrap the four Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) stationed in strategic locations around the UK coastline.

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