Dumfries and Galloway Council boots P&O off green freeport bid Councillors backed a motion to exclude the firm after it sacked 800 workers Daily Record · Apr 8, 2022
Russia heading for deepest recession since Soviet collapse, UK warns, as inflation jumps – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2022
Airlines and cross-Channel services brace for busiest weekend since Covid Air travellers told to allow extra time for queues, while Eurotunnel expects rising traffic and P&O ferries remain suspended The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2022
Glitch in post-Brexit customs system adds to major Channel lorry chaos on Kent roads A 23-mile stretch of the M20 is closed amid HMRC technical problems and a ferry shortage The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022
Customs IT meltdown adds to long delays at Channel crossings Chaos as outage of key HMRC system combines with P&O Ferries problems and surge in tourist traffic The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2022
P&O Ferries owner DP World loses status as partner in Solent freeport Exclusive: ministers confirm Emirati logistics giant no longer has central role after anger at sacking of 800 workers The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2022
Chaos as 23-mile stretch of motorway closed due to ferry shortage Part of the M20 in Kent has been closed to store thousands of lorries heading for the Port of Dover Wales Online · Apr 7, 2022
Travellers told to brace for chaos this Saturday amid staff shortages and surging passenger numbers Travellers flying abroad for the Easter school holidays have been urged to brace for chaos this Saturday amid a perfect storm of surging passenger numbers and staff shortages. Evening Standard · Apr 7, 2022
Easter holiday travel chaos: what’s going on? Trains, boats and planes all face problems over Easter The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022
P&O Ferries being sued for £76m by former sous chef following 'brutal' dismissal John Lansdown is the only seafarer out of the 800 fired staff to take legal action against P&O Ferries, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and harassment Wales Online · Apr 7, 2022
Only one of P&O's eight ferries has been cleared to sail three weeks on from mass sackings Sailings from Dover to Calais have been cancelled this weekend, threatening to affect travellers hoping to get abroad during the Easter period Wales Online · Apr 6, 2022
Further protests against P&O job losses staged outside Port of Liverpool Men and women carrying signs reading 'stop the P&O jobs carve up' marched to the Port of Liverpool Liverpool Echo · Apr 6, 2022
Easter holiday travel chaos: what’s going on? Trains, boats and planes all face problems this weekend and over Easter The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022
P&O Ferries announces plans to restart sailings in Scotland 'from this weekend' The firm revealed plans to resume operations for four of its ships for the first time since it sacked nearly 800 seafarers. Daily Record · Apr 6, 2022
Manchester Evening News · Apr 6, 2022 P&O Ferries to resume sailings on routes suspended since it sacked nearly 800 staff The Pride of Kent and Spirit of Britain, between Dover and Calais, are two of the vessels to resume sailing
Birmingham Post · Apr 6, 2022 P&O Ferries reveals plans to resume sailings The company sparked outrage by replacing its crews with cheaper agency workers, without notice
Belfast Live · Apr 6, 2022 Larne P&O ferry to resume sailing next week after being detained The company sacked almost 800 seafarers and replaced them with agency staff on cheaper salaries.
Nottingham Post · Apr 6, 2022 Ex-P&O Ferries chef suing for £76million over 'sham redundancy' claims Tribunals have never previously made a punitive award of damages on such a scale
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022 P&O Ferries announces plans to resume sailings The firm sacked nearly 800 seafarers without notice on March 17.
Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2022 Majority of P&O services still suspended three weeks on from mass sacking of 800 staff Of P&O’s eight ferries that were affected by the axing of crew, and replacement by agency workers, just one has been cleared to sail, three weeks on from its decision to fire 800 staff
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022 P&O Ferries sets out plan for resumption – with free trips for disrupted travellers Controversial company hopes to bring two ships back on Dover-Calais next week
Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2022 Ex-P&O Ferries chef suing for £76million over claims he was victim of 'sham redundancy' John Lansdown, who joined P&O as a 16-year-old trainee, was working as a sous chef on The Pride of Canterbury when he was sacked "out of the blue" after the transport giant announced 800 job cuts
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022 P&O Ferries passengers told that DFDS can’t take them from Dover to France at the weekend ‘Please do not proceed to port without a confirmed reservation, contact P&O Ferries for alternative travel arrangements,’ says rival ferry firm
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022 Airport chaos – live: Easter breaks disrupted as more than 100 British Airways and easyJet flights cancelled Airlines struggle to cope with surge in demand
The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022 Travel disruption as Stena Line moves ships to fill P&O Ferries gaps Company cancels sailings between Fishguard in south Wales and Rosslare in Ireland until 12 April