Some passengers are reported to be self-isolating. Passengers on a P&O cruise are ‘throwing up in restaurants, on decks and outside cabins’ following a suspected virus outbreak on board, it has been reported. According to Sky News, the breakout has occurred on the P&O Iona, which can carry more than 5,000 passengers and 1,800 staff. […]

1 year ago

The ferry had ‘lost all power’ Three lifeboats were launched after a P&O ferry developed a mechanical issue in the Irish Sea. The European Causeway was left stranded five miles off the coast of Larne, according to tracking website Marine Traffic. It left Cairnryan at around midday on Tuesday and was due to arrive at […]

4 years ago

P&O Boss has already admitted the firm broke the law A criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding P&O Ferries decision to sack 800 of its workers has been launched, the insolvency service has announced. In a statement on Friday, the Insolvency Service said it has begun examining the redundancies made by P&O Ferries, but could […]

4 years ago

Grant Shapps said seafarers deserved respect Grant Shapps has written to P&O boss Peter Hebblethwaite to give him “one final opportunity” to reinstate the 800 workers sacked by the ferry company earlier this month. The transport secretary told Hebblethwaitethe that new legislation will require all ferry companies operating out of UK ports to pay the […]

4 years ago

Workers have gathered outside Parliament to protest last week’s impromptu sacking Unions representing sacked P&O ferries staff claim new workers are being paid as little as £1.80 an hour, as former crew protested outside the House of Parliament on Monday. “These weren’t just our jobs – these ships were our homes,” said Paul, who’d been […]

4 years ago