Tag: P&O Ferries

Following the sacking of almost 800 working staff by P&O Ferries earlier this month, the UK government initiates  a global discussion on seafarer minimum pay.

P&O Ferries CEO, Peter Hebblethewaite, insists on his decision to fire all its UK seafarers to bring in cheaper agency workers. He, however, seems to be supporting an increase in the minimum wage.

A second P&O ferry, namely the "Pride of Kent", is being detained after failing the safety checks.

A ship operated by P&O Ferries, a Dubai-owned British ferry company, has been detained in Northern Ireland for being “unfit to sail”.

P&O Ferries CEO Peter Hebblethwaite admitted that the company intentionally chose to break the law when making 800 British seafarers redundant on 17 March.

Following the announcement of the P&O Ferries that it fires 800 seafarers, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he believed that the Dubai-owned British ferry company broke the law and that the government would take legal actions.

​The Seafarers’ Charity’s UK Maritime Anchor Fund is now open for applications for those impacted by the P&O Ferries redundancies. It will support seafarers through financial help, advice, relationship counselling and mental health and wellbeing support and counselling.

UK MPs have voted in favour of an Opposition Day Motion condemning P&O Ferries and demanding that the government take action to improve employment protection for all workers in light of the company’s actions.

In a joint statement, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) are calling on DP World to engage in meaningful dialogue with affiliates RMT and Nautilus International about P&O Ferries’ future.

P&O Ferries, a Dubai-owned British ferry company, announced that it fired 800 seafarers yesterday, bringing chaos many of the country's ports.