The company is believed to have agreed adeal for the $90m built-for-stock catamaran in January.
But Australian media reported it wantsanother three months before finalising the deal.
Condor is waiting to see if the UK willprovide $17m to upgrade the port of Weymouth to accommodate the newacquisition.
The local council is reportedly in talkswith other ferry operators as a back-up if the Condor service falls through.
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