P&O is suspending services for up to 10 days following this morning's (Thursday) redundancy announcement, the House of Commons has been told. Maritime minister Robert Courts was making a special address following the news that 800 seafarers would lose their jobs.
Mr Courts said passengers should expect disruption to ferry routes in coming days, with P&O likely to suspend all services for as long as 10 days. He told MPs: “In taking this decision to make seafarers redundant, P&O have also today informed us they will be suspending services for approximately a week to 10 days while they locate new crew.”
He told MPs that routes affected included Dover to Calais, Larne to Cairnryan, Dublin to Liverpool, and Hull to Rotterdam, but that “alternative provision” from other operators was being provided.
