
P&O Ferries has once again defended its mass redundancies, announced yesterday, saying it aims “to have the first of our services running again in the next day or two” as it is losing around £1m per day that services do not run.
It also denied insensitive behaviour regarding the removal of employees, saying in a statement this afternoon: “The teams escorting the seafarers off our vessels were totally professional in handling this difficult task with all appropriate sensitivity.