VT Support Services, part of Hampshire defence firm VT Group, has agreed a £50m extension to the charter of three offshore patrol vessels to the Ministry of Defence for a further five years.
Hedge End-based VT will now continue to guarantee the availability of HMS Tyne, HMS Severn and HMS Mersey on fishery protection duties for a combined total of 960 days a year.
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