27th August 2024 – London, UK: P&O Ferries is proud to announce the addition of the Longstone vessel to its fleet, increasing freight capacity on its route between Tilbury near…
5th July – Nautilus International, the UK’s largest maritime union, has called on Labour to prioritise preventing another P&O Ferries scandal, as a matter of urgency, ensuring it delivers a…
Maritime union, RMT today condemned P&O head Peter Hebblethwaite over his Parliamentary Committee performance where he admitted staff were paid under £5 an hour. Mr Peter Hebblethwaite who is CEO…
As part of its ongoing IT digital transformation, P&O Ferries initiates plans to replace its legacy application systems. The British ferry company will expand its partnership with IT service consultant…
RMT, Nautilus and the TUC will hold a joint rally on Wednesday 20 March at Old Palace Yard opposite Parliament SW1P 3JY at 1-2pm demanding a new deal for workers…
19th March 2024 – London, UK: P&O Liberté has now begun commercial sailings between Dover and Calais, carrying passenger and freight customers. Custom designed to navigate the English Channel, this marks the…
Seafarer Union RMT today responded to disgraced P&O Ferries CEO Peter Hebblethwaite’s announcement of a new freight route between the Thames Freeport and Europoort in Rotterdam. Mick Lynch, RMT General…
P&O Ferries strengthens North Sea presence with new London – Rotterdam freight route London 9th January 2024; P&O Ferries is delighted to announce the opening of a new RoRo freight route in…
Joint statement from RMT, TUC, ITF, ITUC and Nautilus “P&O Ferries’ brutal sacking of 800 dedicated seafarers in March 2022 was one of the most shocking episodes in modern industrial relations.…
Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary said: “P&O Ferries said they unlawfully sacked nearly 800 seafarers to protect jobs elsewhere in their UK operation. “This latest attack on maritime jobs and…
Maritime union, RMT has tonight responded to the prospect of 60 workers at P&O Ferries losing their jobs. The news comes just over a year after the disgraced company unlawfully…
Thousands of seafarers will miss out on NMW increase Maritime union RMT, has lambasted the government ahead of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) increase, pointing out thousands of seafarers will…
16 March 2023, London / Brussels A year after P&O Ferries illegally fired 786 UK seafarers, European and global unions are calling for the country’s latest Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to crack down…
10th January 2023 – London, UK: P&O FERRIES reduced its carbon footprint by 85,000 tons as it tookadvantage of new partnerships to sail less frequently and maximise the efficiency of…
SEAFARERS Union RMT today called for meaningful action against P&O Ferries after the government’s Seafarers Wages Bill began its journey through the Houses of Parliament yesterday. The government drew up…
RATINGS UNION RMT has slammed the decision by the Insolvency Service not to press criminal charges against P&O Ferries after it fired nearly 800 employees in March and replaced them…
Light Structures to deliver customised fibre optic solution for stress and fatigue measurement with real-time decision support Oslo, Norway: Light Structures AS, the world leading supplier of fibre optic condition…
New pay protection laws on minimum wage for thousands of seafarers regularly entering UK waters Laws will prevent firms under cutting fair pay for seafarers by using legal loopholes to…
RMT slams DP World chief for praising P&O sackings as an ‘amazing’ job MARITIME union RMT has called for P&O Ferries’ owner to been taken to task for describing the…
Nautilus International and the ITF are calling on the UK government to intervene, after inspectors seeking to ensure the welfare of seafarers were denied access to P&O Ferries vessels in…
Unions demand change to end fire and rehire Joint press release from ITF, ETF, Nautilus and RMT Last night, ITF, ETF, Nautilus International and RMT projected a video on to the cliffs…
In 2019 P&O Ferries ordered new “super ferries” for its flagship Dover to Calais services. Now, with P&O Ferries breaking from its social obligations by unlawfully terminating 800 seafarers and…
The Secretary of State for Transport has today laid out the initial government response to the disgraceful decision by P&O Ferries to dismiss 800 seafarers without notice or consultation. The…
Mick Lynch – RMT General Secretary said: “Despite all the bluster, Grant Shapps has failed to grasp the opportunity to adequately stand up to the banditry behaviour of P&O. “The…
New powers mandating ferries operating in and out of the UK pay national minimum wage to be brought forward ‘Minimum Wage Corridors’ to be explored with like-minded countries to ensure…