P&O Ferries

DP World volumes decrease, portfolio increases

DP World reported Monday that 2020 first-half volumes were down 3.9% from the same period last year and that it had acquired a 60% stake in UNICO Logistics.

DP World Ltd. handled 33.9 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first half of 2020, with gross container volumes decreasing 5.3% year-over-year on a reported basis and 3.9% on a like-for-like basis.

DP World said like-for-like container totals adjust for volumes at Posorja,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dp-world-volumes-decrease-portfolio-increases

DFDS announces 650 redundances and divisional revamp in bid to cut costs

Danish ferry operator DFDS announced yesterday that 650 jobs were set to be axed as part of DKr250m ($37.5m) cost-savings plan.
Two hundred staff based in Denmark would be among those let go, it added.
In a stock exchange statement, DFDS said the redundancies, along with the reorganisation of several of its operating divisions, would deliver DKr245m savings per year, although this year the savings would amount to DKr50-75m.
It said: “Industry sales …

The post DFDS announces 650 redundances and...

https://theloadstar.com/dfds-announces-650-redundances-and-divisional-revamp-in-bid-to-cut-costs/

RMT responds to Government’s increase in taxpayer support to P&O Ferries by demanding withdrawal of redundancy plans

Mick Cash

RMT responds to Government’s increase in taxpayer support to P&O Ferries by demanding withdrawal of redundancy plans

SEAFARER Union RMT has responded to the Government’s increase in taxpayer support to P&O Ferries by demanding that P&O Ferries withdraw plans for 1,100 redundancies mainly amongst directly employed UK seafarers in Dover and Hull.

A Written Answer to Hull East MP Karl Turner revealed that P&O Ferries’ payment through the taxpayer funded Critical Freight Grant had increased...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/06/12/rmt-responds-to-governments-increase-in-taxpayer-support-to-po-ferries-by-demanding-withdrawal-of-redundancy-plans/

RMT demands government action to save over 1000 P&O Ferries’ jobs

Mick Cash

RMT demands government action to save over 1000 P&O Ferries’ jobs

FERRIES’ Union RMT has today written to the Shipping Minister, Kelly Tolhurst MP demanding actions from the Government to support the Union’s fight to save more than a thousand jobs at P&O Ferries. Over 730 of these jobs are currently held by UK seafarer Ratings employed on strategically vital ferry routes from Dover and Hull to the continent.

In his letter, RMT general secretary Mick Cash calls on the UK Government to...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/05/22/rmt-demands-government-action-to-save-over-1000-po-ferries-jobs/

RMT on news that government has provided £35m to Ferry companies

Mick Cash

RMT on news that government has provided £35m to Ferry companies

SEAFARERS Union RMT today reacted with concern to news that the UK Government has provided £35m in support to six ferry companies, including P&O Ferries operating critical freight routes during the Coronavirus pandemic.

RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said:

“No freight moves without seafarers. The Government needs to remember this when dishing out public money to private ferry companies during the pandemic.

“We are extremely...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/05/18/rmt-on-news-that-government-has-provided-35m-to-ferry-companies/

Dismissals at P&O Ferries: ETF and its affiliates stand together for fair working conditions and equal treatment

Dismissals at P&O Ferries: ETF and its affiliates stand together for fair working conditions and equal treatment

ETF deplores P&O Ferries’ proposal to make 1,100 redundancies amongst key workers in Dover, Hull, Liverpool, Cairnryan and Larne including over 900 UK seafarers. We understand that P&O Ferries has received an undisclosed figure from the UK taxpayer to keep maritime freight routes running and over £10 million public funding to pay 80 per cent of the wages of 1,400 furloughed staff...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/05/15/dismissals-at-po-ferries-etf-and-its-affiliates-stand-together-for-fair-working-conditions-and-equal-treatment/

P&O Ferries: Στην πόρτα της εξόδου 1.100 εργαζόμενοι

Η P&O Ferries αναμένεται να περιορίσει σημαντικά το εργατικό δυναμικό της, καθώς ο κορονοϊός έχει πλήξει ανεπανόρθωτα τη ζήτηση για διά θαλάσσης μεταφορές επιβατών και εμπορευμάτων.

Τα στοιχεία της επιβατικής κίνησης της P&O Ferries είναι αποκαρδιωτικά, καθώς οι περιορισμοί στις μετακινήσεις έχουν «μπλοκάρει» τη δραστηριότητα της επιβατηγού ναυτιλίας στο σύνολό της. Η P&O Ferries επιχειρεί μεταξύ των πορθμείων του Ντόβερ και του Καλαί και μεταφέρει σημαντικό όγκο εμπορευμάτων στο Ηνωμένο...

https://www.naftikachronika.gr/2020/05/14/po-ferries-stin-porta-tis-exodou-1100-ergazomenoi/

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