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Second P&O ferry detained after safety inspection, coastguard agency says

A second P&O ferry is being detained, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has said after undertaking a safety inspection. The firm sparked outrage after sacking 800 seafarers without notice on March 17, amid plans to bring in cheaper agency ...

29 Mar 2022 at 01:55

Spirit of Britain departs Port of Dover as P&O restarts freight services

The Spirit of Britain has left the Port of Dover, in Kent, as P&O Ferries resumed Dover-Calais sailings for freight customers on Tuesday evening. The vessel was detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) on April 12 after safety ...

27 Apr 2022 at 03:25

First cross-Channel P&O ferry sailing since sackings

P&O Ferries has resumed cross-Channel sailings for the first time since it sacked nearly 800 seafarers. The vessel Spirit of Britain departed Dover for Calais shortly after 11pm on Tuesday carrying freight customers. Passenger services ...

27 Apr 2022 at 09:25

Coroner calls for overhaul of regulations after death of girl in speedboat crash

A coroner has said he will write to the Secretary of State for Transport to call for an overhaul of regulations of high-speed thrill rides following the inquest into the death of a 15-year-old girl after a speedboat crashed into a ...

31 Oct 2024 at 20:41

P&O pledges full investigation after ferry loses power in Irish Sea

P&O Ferries has said a full investigation will be carried out after a vessel travelling between Cairnryan and Larne lost power off the Co Antrim coast. The European Causeway, which can carry 410 passengers, was adrift five miles ...

26 Apr 2022 at 17:25

P&O Ferries refuses plea from Grant Shapps to reverse decision to sack workers

The boss of P&O Ferries has insisted he will not reverse the decision to sack nearly 800 seafarers despite being given “one further opportunity” by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite wrote to ...

29 Mar 2022 at 11:25

Fires out on container ship involved in North Sea collision amid beach fears

Fires have been extinguished aboard a container ship which collided with a tanker in the North Sea as concerns continue about the effect on wildlife of plastic pellets released from the vessel. The coastguard said ...

18 Mar 2025 at 13:28

Clean-up operation under way after pellets from ship collision threaten wildlife

A clean-up operation is under way after plastic pellets which pose a danger to wildlife washed up on beaches following a ship collision in the North Sea. Conservation groups have said they are “deeply concerned” ...

18 Mar 2025 at 16:25

Cleaning plastic from beaches after sea collision could take weeks, says council

An operation to remove plastic pellets which have washed up on Norfolk beaches following a ship collision in the North Sea could take weeks, a council has said. King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council said it ...

20 Mar 2025 at 12:33

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