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Steam Packet in talks over possible Irish Sea wind farms

Would straddle route taken by vessels travelling to Island

The Steam Packet has opened talks with those behind plans for a giant wind farm in the Irish Sea.

BP, and German firm EnBW, are the preferred bidders for the joint venture project.

If successful it would straddle the route taken by vessels travelling between the Isle of Man and Liverpool. 

Mark Woodward is the chief executive of the Steam Packet Company:

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