UK shipping group James Fisher has warned of the risk to its contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) from a no-deal Brexit.

The company currently has a deal in place to provide emergency pollution response for the agency should an accident occur in the UK, Ireland or north-western Europe.

The shipowner said it had assessed the risk to its contract as medium to high if the UK crashed out of the European Union without a withdrawal agreement on 29 March.