News / Union fury as P&O suspends all ferry services and sacks 800 seafarers

P&O Ferry Pride of Hull in Rotterdam © Thomas Lukassek Dreamstime.com

Ro-ro operator P&O Ferries has suspended all its operations “for the next few days” and confirmed that 800 seafarers have been issued with “immediate severance notices”, while customers have been advised to use other services. 

Earlier today, the company instructed its vessels to discharge passengers and freight and remain in port pending a major announcement, and later said sailings would not operate for “the next few days”.

The DP World-owned company, which operates cross-Channel, North Sea-Europe and UK-Ireland services, said it had ...