Latest news about P&O and Brittany Ferries as well as maritime plans for zero emission ferries, rescues from ferries, electric ferries, disputes over crew wages and more.
P&O Ferries has been accused of trying to cut the wages of its already low-paid workforce. As reported in MIN, the ferry operator sacked 800 members of staff in a bid to save money and instead replaced them with cheaper agency workers. New teams say they have been asked to sign new contracts on even […]
A P&O ferry has been detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, after an inspection found “a number of deficiencies”. The Spirit of Britain, based in Dover to serve the Dover to Calais route, cannot sail until issues have been addressed and a further inspection is carried out. According to BBC News, it is doubtful […]
Brittany Ferries has apologised after its new eco flagship broke down after its third journey, leaving passengers trapped in Spain. Salamanca left Portsmouth last weekend with more than 600 passengers for Bilbao, Spain. But the ferry, which is the first in the UK to run off liquefied natural gas (LNG), suffered a fault in her […]
Transport secretary Grant Shapps is preparing to bar P&O Ferries from operating on UK routes unless replacement workers are paid the national minimum wage, it’s being widely reported. Shapps has written to the company’s CEO Peter Hebblethwaite urging him to reverse cuts and pay staff the national minimum wage of £9.50. The transport secretary is […]
Leading UK ferry operator, P&O Ferries, has sacked 800 crew across its entire fleet with no warning and no consultation leading to protests and staff staging sit-ins on Thursday 17 March on board ferries. The mass redundancies were announced via a Zoom video link on 17 March, with the termination of 800 crew effective immediately. […]
An investigation will take place into why ro-ro vessel Admiral Bay III crashed into several yachts in the port of Bridgetown, Barbados, on January 20. Footage was captured by Silver Moon Dock.
Brittany Ferries says France’s new travel restrictions are as “unnecessary as they are unwelcome.” This comes as the country bans people travelling from the UK, in an effort to slow down the spread of the omicron variant of covid-19, according to Bloomberg. Yesterday, the French government announced that, from midnight tonight, travellers will need to […]
The ferry industry’s recovery from the pandemic is potentially set to benefit from UK people’s lingering concerns about the health and hygiene risks associated with air travel, according to national research by LEK Consulting. LEK’s survey of 1,500 UK people, shows that ferries are seen as almost twice as safe health and hygiene wise as […]
Two new hybrid LNG-electric ships are joining the Brittany Ferries fleet. They will arrive in 2024/2025 to serve routes connecting Portsmouth with St Malo and Caen. The ships operate on the same principle as a hybrid car. At sea, they will be powered by cleaner LNG (liquefied natural gas) fuel. But, in a first on […]
The Manx government may need to spend an additional £13.8m to progress the Isle of Man ferry terminal in Liverpool. According to a statement and reports by the BBC, the sum is required to address a number of issues that have arisen since the project to build the terminal at Prince’s Half-Tide Dock began in […]
The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) has officially commissioned twelve new zero-emission, all-electric commuter ferries as part of a citywide plan to reduce traffic and emissions. The 47.5 ft fibreglass vessels are powered by an integrated battery-electric propulsion system supplied by Torqeedo. They will augment the existing fleet of seven Torqeedo-powered electric boats introduced into service […]