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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

‘I’m ashamed to be British’: P&O Ferries customers vent fury

Lorries queue on the A20 for the Port of Dover in Kent as P&O ferry services were suspended on Thursday.
Lorries queue on the A20 for the Port of Dover in Kent as P&O ferry services were suspended on Thursday. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Furious P&O Ferries customers have rounded on the company for leaving them stranded at short notice, causing confusion over refunds, and for its “abysmal” treatment of 800 staff, whose abrupt sacking on Thursday triggered chaos at ports across the country.

P&O initially told passengers that services were unable to run “for the next few hours”, affecting the Dover-Calais crossing and the routes from Hull to Rotterdam, Liverpool to Dublin, and Cairnryan to Larne.

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