P&O Ferries goes under (or not)

[WTFH]

Do explain how it has anything to do with Brexit or are you making it up as usual?

Do you know how few ships are registered in the UK and how few actually have a predominantly British crew? This has been standard for decades. Sack the crew and hire from low cost countries is standard.

Ah, OK, nothing to do with it...
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...-a4045786.html

[SueEllen]

Wow.

A Dutch captain has told P & O that he's not allowing anyone on his ship including the police. Well he is the boss!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cked-zoom.html

The captain of a giant P&O ferry was hailed a hero today for drawing up his gangplanks and refusing to allow police or new crewmen to board his vessel.

The captain of the Pride of Hull, understood to be Eugene Fabier from The Netherlands, sealed himself and his crew inside the ferry just hours after P&0 announced mass redundancies.

It is understood that he left his ship and went to speak to P&O officials onshore about the ongoing stand-off on the Pride of Hull.

Earlier today, the company sacked 800 employees over a Zoom call.


The Pride of Hull normally carries a crew of 141 people aboard and is one of the biggest ferries in Europe.

It makes regular crossings between Hull and the Dutch port of Rotterdam.

Hull's Labour MP Karl Turner said the captain had taken matters into his own hands and was now operating under maritime law to prevent anyone coming aboard.

He added that those on the ship had enough food supplies to last 'as long as it takes' to resolve the dispute.

He said: 'I'm told by Gaz Jackson, who is the RMT official who is sitting in on the ship, he's effectively locked in with the ship and the crew.

'He's saying the captain is refusing to allow the police to enter the ship. Members have said to me that the vessel has got enough supplies to feed the crew for as long as it takes.

'As far as I understand in maritime law, even though that vessel is in a port, that captain is still entitled under maritime law to refuse any person onto his vessel.'

[vetran]

Ah, OK, nothing to do with it...
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...-a4045786.html

hmm

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union has previously described P&O's reflagging of UK ships as "pure opportunism", claiming the firm's "long-term aim has always been to switch the UK fleet to a tax haven register".

Watch their lips move...

[vetran]

Wow.

A Dutch captain has told P & O that he's not allowing anyone on his ship including the police. Well he is the boss!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cked-zoom.html

The captain of a giant P&O ferry was hailed a hero today for drawing up his gangplanks and refusing to allow police or new crewmen to board his vessel.

The captain of the Pride of Hull, understood to be Eugene Fabier from The Netherlands, sealed himself and his crew inside the ferry just hours after P&0 announced mass redundancies.

It is understood that he left his ship and went to speak to P&O officials onshore about the ongoing stand-off on the Pride of Hull.

Earlier today, the company sacked 800 employees over a Zoom call.


The Pride of Hull normally carries a crew of 141 people aboard and is one of the biggest ferries in Europe.

It makes regular crossings between Hull and the Dutch port of Rotterdam.

Hull's Labour MP Karl Turner said the captain had taken matters into his own hands and was now operating under maritime law to prevent anyone coming aboard.

He added that those on the ship had enough food supplies to last 'as long as it takes' to resolve the dispute.

He said: 'I'm told by Gaz Jackson, who is the RMT official who is sitting in on the ship, he's effectively locked in with the ship and the crew.

'He's saying the captain is refusing to allow the police to enter the ship. Members have said to me that the vessel has got enough supplies to feed the crew for as long as it takes.

'As far as I understand in maritime law, even though that vessel is in a port, that captain is still entitled under maritime law to refuse any person onto his vessel.'

haha couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.

[tazdevil]

Aren't agency staff more expensive or are the owners looking to offshore the wages and hire imported slaves. I like the Pride of Hulls response

[vetran]

Aren't agency staff more expensive or are the owners looking to offshore the wages and hire imported slaves. I like the Pride of Hulls response

As mentioned most commercial seamen are from places like the Philippines where employment conditions and wages are massively below the UKs.

[OwlHoot]

My ref to the NI Protocol (for those who are unaware) is due to P&O running two of the main ferry routes to Northern Ireland from England/Scotland.

Maybe Boris's idea of a bridge to Northern Ireland wasn't so bonkers after all!

[WTFH]

hmm

You find a quote from a union to suit you, I find a quote from the company to verify their reason:

A spokesman said: "In advance of Britain leaving the European Union on March 29 2019, we undertook a review of the flag status of our ships on the English Channel.

[Mordac]

Oh, that part is interesting. The nominal reason they're giving is the 100m loss suffered in the last financial year (), but I wasn't aware of the sanctions angle...

There isn't one - they are owned by DP World, which in turn is owned by the Dubai govt investment fund.

[SueEllen]

As mentioned most commercial seamen are from places like the Philippines where employment conditions and wages are massively below the UKs.

That's why on cruises you are expected to tip and they have minimum tips for "guests".