News / P&O Ferries dispute brings traffic chaos as parent DP World quits freeport project

European Causeway. Credit VesselFinder.

Fallout from the sacking of 800 seafarers by DP World subsidiary P&O Ferries continues to mount, with a major backlog of traffic at the entrance to Dover and DP World resigning from the Solent freeport project.

In a move that happened on 28 March, but was only revealed on Wednesday in the UK House of Lords, DP World’s position as a partner in the Solent freeport board will see the Dubai company’s £25m ($32.81m) per freeport government funding halved.

Meanwhile, the chaos ...