The current contract has been extended before, no reason why it couldn't again. Seems to me the article is saying that they are looking for a permanent replacement for the current contracted service. How anyone has taken that to be we aren't going to have any provision I'm really unsure.It could work, no idea, in the meantime I trust there's some provision for emergency towage capacity before the new unsinkable ferries arrive, seems like a slight oversight if there isn't.