P&O Ferries goes under (or not)

[SueEllen]

Oh dear!

https://www.theguardian.com/business...stguard-agency

A P&O ferry has been detained in Northern Ireland “due to failures on crew familiarisation, vessel documentation and crew training”, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
The agency said the ship, the European Causeway, was impounded at the port of Larne.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps said that the ferry was detained for being “unfit to sail”.

Shapps wrote on Twitter: “Following my instruction to inspect all P&O vessels prior to entering back into service, the MCA has detained a ship for being unfit to sail. I will not compromise the safety of these vessels and P&O will not be able to rush inexperienced crew through training.”

The MCA said: “The vessel will remain under detention until all these issues are resolved by P&O Ferries. Only then will it be reinspected.”

Detention of ships is based on concerns over their safety and to prevent them going to sea.

Karl Turner, Labour MP for Hull East, wrote on Twitter: “It gets worse for P&O Ferries, news just in that the European Causeway on the Cairnryan-Larne route has failed her Port State Inspection.

“The vessel is arrested and detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in Larne.”

Earlier this week, an inspection was carried out by the MCA on a P&O ferry docked in Hull to ensure agency staff brought in to replace 800 sacked workers can operate it safely.

[SueEllen]

No experience needed!

Herald of Free Enterprise here we come

https://www.theguardian.com/business...y-ad-for-crews

One of the maritime agencies recruiting workers for P&O Ferries is advertising for crew members, saying no previous experience at sea required.
Union officials warn that P&O Ferries could be jeopardising safety after dismissing 800 crew members and replacing them with workers paid less than the minimum wage. One of the firm’s vessels has been detained at Larne in Northern Ireland for being “unfit to sail” because of concerns over training.

[Paddy]

No experience needed!

Herald of Free Enterprise here we come

https://www.theguardian.com/business...y-ad-for-crews

One of the maritime agencies recruiting workers for P&O Ferries is advertising for crew members, saying no previous experience at sea required.
Union officials warn that P&O Ferries could be jeopardising safety after dismissing 800 crew members and replacing them with workers paid less than the minimum wage. One of the firm’s vessels has been detained at Larne in Northern Ireland for being “unfit to sail” because of concerns over training.

The first requirement for any seaman was a certificate of lifeboat training that takes three days. I do wonder if this is now part of the Tory cutting of red tape

[vetran]

[d000hg]

Anyone else seen the new advert from P&O cruises "Our name starts with the same letters but we're nothing to do with them?"

[mattster]

Anyone else seen the new advert from P&O cruises "Our name starts with the same letters but we're nothing to do with them?"

Tough one for them, and they're obviously doing everything they can to distance themselves from the ferry operation - but when your name is literally the same and you are in roughly the same line of business it is going to be hard/impossible to break the connection in people's minds. I wonder what they pay their staff and where they are from?

[d000hg]

Tough one for them, and they're obviously doing everything they can to distance themselves from the ferry operation - but when your name is literally the same and you are in roughly the same line of business it is going to be hard/impossible to break the connection in people's minds. I wonder what they pay their staff and where they are from?

THis is literally part of their advert. They go to pains to say exactly who their parent company is, etc, etc. The advert reads like someone got pulled to read an emergency script who has no background in media! An "oh tulip" reaction

[mattster]

Rapid name change required. That normally does the job, although since P&O ferries are probably thinking along the same lines they'd better check they don't both choose the same new name.

[vetran]

Rapid name change required. That normally does the job, although since P&O ferries are probably thinking along the same lines they'd better check they don't both choose the same new name.

Can I recommend "Payment Offshore?"

[jamesbrown]

Herald of Free Disaster Capitalism.