po-ferries

Bigger ship for P&O’s Tilbury-Zeebrugge service

P&O Ferries is to upgrade its Tilbury–Zeebrugge freight service with a new vessel, the 163 trailer-capacity Wilhelmine chartered from Cobelfret. The ship can also carry 12 drivers and will replace the 145 trailer capacity Norqueen from early January. Wilhelmine is a new build, completed earlier this year, and will help to reduce fuel costs, says P&O. P&O has progressively upgraded the service to ten sailings a week in each direction since ... [+]

Pride of Calais bows out

P&O Ferries' Pride of Calais has ended her service on 22 October after almost 25 years on the Dover-Calais route for P&O Ferries when she sailed into the Kent port for the last time. She was in fact due to leave the fleet earlier this year on delivery if her ... [+]

P&O gets proactive over profits

P&O Ferries has launched a business review in a bid to boost its profitability. The company has been explaining to its 4,000 staff that while the company is profitable, its margins need to rise if it is to make heavy investment in the future, for example in new ships. A spokesman ... [+]