Security guards in balaclavas armed with handcuffs are trying to board P&O ferries across the UK to try and remove crew who are staging a sit in protest, according to reports.
The general secretary of RMT Mick Lynch made the claims this afternoon following the devastating announcement that 800 staff are being made redundant by the travel company.
Services and crossings from all ports across the UK, including Cairnryan in Scotland, have been suspended for the next few days leaving many travel plans in chaos.
