News / Stena to make 150 ferry staff in UK and Ireland redundant and furlough 600

ID 161115810 © Peter Krocka | Dreamstime.com

Ferry operator Stena Line has announced that it plans to furlough 600 employees with 150 redundancies across the UK and Ireland, due to the coronavirus crisis.

The company said furloughs and redundancies would hit shore-based and seafaring staff, following “a large decline in travel bookings and freight volumes” that has resulted in “reduction of the number of sailings on several routes; several vessels have also been taken out of service”.

The firm believes “passenger figures will not recover until well into 2021”.

Stena ...