P&O could face bankruptcy following insurance increase, analysts warn April 19, 2022 P&O could face bankruptcy, analysts told City A.M. as they warned a drop in the ferry operator’s safety rating is set to see its insurance bills soar. The company faces a “sky-high insurance bill” after its safety ratings sank to the “riskiest bracket,” in the face of mounting scrutiny from the UK government over its [...]
Coastguard raises concerns over survival craft on P&O vessel April 19, 2022 The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) revealed today that an inability to deploy lifeboats and rafts was one of the 31 failures discovered aboard of P&O’s vessel European Causeway. Agents said that the “launching arrangement for survival craft” on the vessels were “not as required” while inflatable evacuation slides were not properly maintained. Other failures [...]
P&O to face soaring insurance bill after sinking to riskiest safety rating April 18, 2022 P&O is to face soaring insurance bills after it sank to the riskiest safety rating, with its performance deemed “very low.” According to an analysis of an international database of inspections, P&O was previously awarded a “medium rating,” but after it sacked 800 seafarers and replaced them with agency workers the rating sank. “It’s very [...]
Coastguard reinspects P&O vessel but detains another April 13, 2022 P&O’s vessel the Pride of Kent was reinspected today at the company’s request, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. “All inspections have to satisfy the Maritime and Coastguard Agency that the ferries fulfil the requirement of the Port State Control regime and are safe to put to sea,” a MCA spokesperson said. “There are [...]
UK coastguard detains latest P&O boat Spirit of Britain April 13, 2022 The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today it has detained P&O Ferries’ latest vessel, the Spirit of Britain. Coastguard agents said the boat was not allowed to sail after safety issues were identified – potentially putting in jeopardy P&O’s return to operations. P&O initially said it was restarting services between Dover and Calais last [...]
P&O Ferries restarts Scotland-Northern Ireland services as Dover remains shut April 11, 2022 Disgraced ferry operator P&O Ferries announced today it has restarted services between Scotland and Northern Ireland, following a chaotic weekend for passengers. “Some of our services have now resumed sailing. Please see the current schedule for departures from Larne and Cairnyan,” the company said in a tweet. P&O also announced services remained cancelled today in [...]
P&O cancels all services this weekend despite planned return April 8, 2022 Ferry operator P&O cancelled today all passenger services for this weekend, despite saying on Wednesday operations could resume as soon as tomorrow. “All P&O Ferries passenger services are suspended this weekend,” the company tweeted this morning. “For travel 8/9/10th April please re-book directly with another operator before arriving at the port. “DFDS will not be [...]
More weekend chaos expected as shortages, cancellations and IT issues rampage through April 8, 2022 UK travellers are bracing for more weekend chaos as the industry continues to be hit by a fatal combination of staff shortages, cancellations and IT issues. Brits remain stuck in hour-long queues at major hubs such as Gatwick and Manchester as British Airways and EasyJet slashed another 100 planes as a result of widespread Covid [...]
P&O’s owner DP World loses partner status at Solent freeport April 8, 2022 P&O Ferries’ owner DP World has lost its partner status in the Solent freeport project, ministers said. “On 28 March 2022 DP World resigned from the Solent freeport board and are no longer a partner in the freeport consortium,” levelling up minister Stephen Greenhalgh told the Guardian. DP World’s commercial director Aart Hille Ris Lambers [...]
Coastguard reinspects detained P&O ferry as operator sets to restart April 7, 2022 The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said today it was reinspecting a P&O Ferry detained in Northern Ireland after it was deemed “unfit to sail.” According to the MCA, the reinspection was taking place at P&O’s request. “All inspections have to satisfy the Maritime and Coastguard Agency that the ferries fulfil the requirement of the [...]