But he is unsure of what his role will be next season and with several players out of contractin the summer, Canvey face a potentially crucial period of change.
Over the past year, Bienenstock notes, the carrier has lost 8.9% of its contract customers and 5.4% of its service revenues, in a periodin which the market has been growing.
Hall Willkie, the president of Brown Harris Stevens, said that his new contract figures show that the number of deals with signed contracts rose in January and February compared with the same period a year earlier.