DP World and P&O Ferries offer to transport COVID Vaccines to UK for free
A spokesperson for DP World, which owns P&O Ferries, said: “We stand ready to support the Government in getting all the necessary vaccines into the UK.
What’s more, we are willing to do this work for free should we be asked to...
Wärtsilä selected to power new ‘super ferries’ series, says a news report in Wärtsilä’s official website.
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Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected by British ferry operator P&O Ferries to power the company’s new series of ‘super ferries’. The post P&O Ferries chooses Wärtsilä engines…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/po-ferries-chooses-wartsila-engines-for-super-ferries/
A Ro-Pax vessel operated by P&O Ferries became disabled in the Humber Estuary after a fire broke out in its engine room on Tuesday, October 20. Pride of Hull was ..
The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has signed a £77.6m deal with four ferry operators to provide extra capacity between the UK and continental Europe should cross-Channel freight flows be hit by significant disruption post-Brexit.
The DfT said the extra capacity amounted to 3,000 trailers a week and the deal with Brittany Ferries, DFDS, P&O Ferries and Stena Line is focused on nine routes serving eight ports – Felixstowe, Harwich, Hull, …
P&O Ferries informed its staff that the Hull – Zeebrugge route is to close permanently. PRIDE OF BRUGES and PRIDE OF YORK are to be disposed of. The same announcement said that PRIDE OF BURGUNDY and EUROPEAN SEAWAY will not be returning to service. The four ships have been put on the market.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/po-ferries-says-goodbye-to-a-route-and-four-ships/
Mick Cash
RMT responds to news of latest savage P&O cuts
RATINGS UNION RMT today responded to the news that P&O Ferries is making more seafarer redundancies in the UK and cutting the Hull-Zeebrugge route.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said:
“In the summer, P&O Ferries received over £6.6m from the taxpayer on the two Port of Hull routes, including Hull-Zeebrugge. This does not need to happen but P&O’s owners in Dubai have pulled the plug on this vital route with no consultation, threatening jobs,...
https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/10/01/rmt-responds-to-news-of-latest-savage-po-cuts/
Technology company ABB has won a contract with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International Ltd for supplying a full scope of integrated solutions for P&O Ferries’ two new vessels. The post ABB to…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/abb-to-power-pos-eco-friendly-super-ferries/
P&O Ferries will reintroduce a fourth ship on Dover-Calais, to satisfy returning freight demand. It will be PRIDE OF CANTERBURY, currently laid up near Edinburgh, together with PRIDE OF BURGUNDY. PRIDE OF CANTERBURY will enter service on Saturday 3 October in freight-only mode.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/po-ferries-calais-dover-from-3-to-4-ships/
CEO of P&O Ferries Janette Bell has decided to stand down after three years in the role. Her interim replacement will be the current Managing Director for Short Routes David Stretch. She has led the ferry company through the Brexit process, the Covid-19 pandemic, and two new ferries have been...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/ceo-po-ferries-hands-the-reigns-over-to-short-routes-md-david-stretch/