A man who set sail on the first P&O vessel to leave port since the sacking of around 800 members of staff described the vessel as a “ghost ship” with few aboard.
Earlier this month hundreds of employees were informed their contracts were being immediately terminated via a brutal video call, prompting union protests and some being dragged from vessels by security.
They have been replaced with agency staff paid far less while ports including Dover and Hull descended into chaos as routes were temporarily axed.
