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Outcry as P&O cruise refused entry to New Zealand over dirty hull

Passengers on a P&O cruise have expressed disappointment at their ‘cruise to nowhere’ after their vessel was denied entry to a New Zealand port over biosecurity concerns. Many people aboard the P&O Pacific Adventure cruise, which recently departed Sydney and was due to visit New Zealand for 13 nights, have started suffering from sea sickness […]

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Video: Passengers flown home after cruise liner crashes into tanker

After a ‘severe weather’ incident in Mallorca involving a cruise liner and a petrol tanker, 300 plus guests on a P&O cruise liner are set to be flown home. Britannia will return to the UK from Spain on Friday 1 September (with reduced passengers) after it crashed into a petrol tanker. P&O says Britannia ‘was […]

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UK’s biggest cruise ship arrives in Southampton

P&O’s Iona – the largest cruise ship built for the UK market – arrived in Southampton this weekend. With capacity for 5,200 passengers, Iona has 17 passenger decks and will be used by the operator for its summer season of domestic sailings. It’s the first British liner fuelled by liquefied natural gas. Iona was greeted […]

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Pride of Canterbury ready for work as Pride of Burgundy moors in Cornish river

A team of Damen group subsidiaries has completed a challenging project to replace one of the twin rudder stocks on P&O Ferries’ Pride of Canterbury. This comes as the P&O Pride of Burgundy is moored up on the River Fal near Truro after being taken out of service due to a drop in demand during […]