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Inspectors from the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) have again failed the P&O ferry, Pride of Kent, based at Dover.
The vessel failed a previous safety inspection, on 21 April.
Inspections of eight P&O Ferries vessels have been taking place since the company sacked 800 seafarers in mid-March – the Spirit if Britain is currently the only operational vessel on the Dover to Calais route.
The MCA said: “The Pride of Kent remains under detention after failing to pass its re-inspection today. There are no ...
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