The Latest Breaking News from P&O Cruises

Sacked P&O ferry crew barricade themselves inside ship and refuse entry to agency staff

The crew members of Pride of Hull, along with colleagues in other parts of the country, were told they had been sacked this morning

Wales Online · Mar 17, 2022

P&O Ferries sacks 800 staff in shocking pre-recorded video to workers on ships

The recording was displayed to staff on board their docked ferries informing their contracts were being terminated and today was their last day at work.

Daily Record · Mar 17, 2022

Greater Manchester MPs react with fury after P&O Ferries sack 800 crew members across fleet for agency workers

Angela Rayner called on the Government to urgently step in and save jobs

Manchester Evening News · Mar 17, 2022

P&O workers sacked over Zoom call were ‘given five minutes to get off ship’

Some 800 workers were told via a Zoom call their contracts were terminated due to losses of more than £200 million in two years.

Daily Record · Mar 17, 2022

Security men ‘with handcuffs trying to board P&O ships to remove crew’

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.

Daily Record · Mar 17, 2022

Crushing moment P&O Ferries fires 800 crew over Zoom as staff launch protest

Employees of P&O Ferries were fired in a pre-recorded Zoom video after the company lost £100million year on year, although some workers have occupied a ship in protest

Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2022

P&O shock mass redundancy - is it legal?

'P&O’s decision to fire 800 staff with immediate effect appears to contravene the requirements needed for a normal mass redundancy'

Wales Online · Mar 17, 2022

Brittany Ferries makes statement as rival P&O suspends sailings

Plymouth-headquartered company says problems faced by P&O Ferries will have no impact on its plans to increase summer voyages

Birmingham Post · Mar 17, 2022

Cruise company speaks out as P&O Ferries cancelled and 800 workers fired

P&O Ferries has suspended sailings "for the next few days"

Liverpool Echo · Mar 17, 2022

Sturgeon condemns P&O’s ‘appalling’ decision to sack 800 staff

The Scottish First Minister said she is ‘deeply concerned’ by the move.

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022