The troubles at P&O Ferries were tough to miss in the media last few weeks / months:
P&O Ferries has sparked outrage after sacking 800 staff with plans to replace them with cheaper agency workers.
BBC News: Outrage and no ferries after mass P&O sackings
Stena Line's Simon Palmer said: “Due to the suspension of P&O's services into Northern Ireland there were supply fears in the region.” explained.
Wales Online: Ferry sailings on busy route scrapped as ships used to cover P&O loss
However P&O has resumed most ferry connections
The problems surrounding these huge HR moves by P&O also had a large impact on the connections and on passengers who simply wanted to take the routes from P&O:
- Hull to Rotterdam (currently resumed again)
- Dover to Calais (currently you have to rebook to DFDS, which P&O helps you with)
- Liverpool to Dublin (currently resumed again)
- Cairnryan to Larne (currently resumed again)
After the 18th of March all connections were impossible to make, now however 3 out of 4 connections are working on schedule again. Only the Dover to Calais connection remains troubled. This however may change soon as P&O has 100% focus on getting these connections up and running again.
Best Source for Real time P&O updates:
Right after the changes Twitter with P&O ferry updates became the best source to see what you have to do with your ferry bookings:
All P&O Connections on FerryGoGo who are sailing again:
[…] FerryGoGo we also think the problems surrounding P&O ferries this summer pushed the stock and passenger numbers upwards for DFDS. Simply because many passengers had to book […]