Isle of Wight ferry. The Red Funnel car ferry, Red Falcon,  leaves East Cowes on the Isle of Wight bound for Southampton.
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Member of parliament calls for ministers to step in to regulate or subsidise cross-Solent ferry services, following meetings at the Department for Transport. 

Calls for government intervention over 'unreliable' Isle of Wight ferries

The ferry company have said the disruption is due to high demand

Passengers on P&O ferries face delays of up to 90 minutes

Operators P&O Ferries, Irish Ferries and DFDS have cancelled, delayed or rerouted sailings due to strike action in the French port.

Delays as French strike disrupts Calais-Dover ferries

The boss of P&O Ferries has told MPs the sudden mass-sacking of almost 800 workers is a difficult decision he wished the company 'never ever had to make'.

P&O Ferries boss admits he couldn't live on seafarer wage in grilling by MPs

The ferry company is reporting a generator problem and fuel contamination.

Problems on Red Funnel force ferry cancellations

Operators also reported delays to services, citing bad weather and hold-ups at French border controls as partly responsible for waits and queues.

Port declares critical incident as high levels of traffic cause delays

The fire broke out as the ferry was heading from Dover to Calais - and now the ship has been towed to Calais.

Ferry on fire in English Channel towed to Calais

A former chef from Herne Bay has won his case against P&O Ferries who has admitted his sacking was unfair dismissal.

P&O Ferries admits sacking of a former chef was unfair dismissal

On 17 March 2022, P&O Ferries dismissed 786 employees with immediate effect.

No criminal action to be taken over sacking of P&O Ferries staff

270422-dover jobs fair for p&o sacked staff

As P&O Ferries resume cross-Channel services, many of the sacked workers have been struggling to find work elsewhere.

Sacked P&O Ferries staff attend jobs fair in Dover as operator resumes crossings

Government ties with its Dubai-based owner DP World should also be severed, according to the union organisation.

Trade Unions Congress calls for commercial and public boycott of P&O Ferries 

Customers are being asked to contact P&O Ferries for alternative travel arrangements if they had booked with them.

DFDS not taking on P&O Ferries customers this Easter weekend

It means all ferry staff working in and out of British ports and when in UK waters will earn the National Minimum Wage.

Ferries not paying staff National Minimum Wage denied entry to ports

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite claimed the Transport Secretary’s request ‘ignores the situation’s fundamental and factual realities’.

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

Union representing many workers accuses ferry company of throwing dedicated workers 'on the scrapheap'

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