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No fall-off in P&O Ferries freight growth

P&O Ferries carried more freight across the English Channel in the first three months of the year than at any time in its modern history. It moved 361,100 lorries during January-March, almost 11% higher than the corresponding period in 2016 and 9% higher than the previous best ever first quarter in 2012. Managing director, Janette Bell, said: "We expect demand for cross-Channel transport to increase, driven by a rising population and ... [+]

P&O Ferries to refit Irish Sea ships

P&O Ferries is sending four ships from its Irish Sea fleet to the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead over the next two months for £1.2 million of re-fit work. The two Liverpool-Dublin ships - the 17,500 ton sister vessels Norbay and Norbank - go to the Merseyside yard for 16 days ... [+]

Good times roll on the Irish Sea

P&O Ferries says it handled 206,700 freight units on its Larne-Cairnryan service in 2016 – the highest volume in five years and a 7.5% increase on 2015’s 192,200 units. It also boasted a zero cancellation rate and 97% of the 4,774 sailings departed within ten minutes of their published time. Neal ... [+]

Polish spit and polish for P&O ships

P&O Ferries is sending four ships from its North Sea and Short Sea fleets to the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk this season for upgrades and re-fit work. The 32,000-ton sister ships the Pride of York and the Pride of Bruges, which operate on the Hull-Zeebrugge route, are due to sail ... [+]

Another record tumbles in Zeebrugge

P&O Ferries says it has handled 420,000 freight units at Zeebrugge, more than in any year since it began operations from the Belgian port in 1966. It surpasses the previous record of 398,650, which was set in 2015. Contrary to expectations that the Brexit referendum in June would adversely affect ... [+]

Finnlines joins up with P&O for UK/Spain link

Grimaldi Group company Finnlines is offering a service for ro ro and containers between North Spain and the UK, connecting to and from P&O Ferries services at Zeebrugge. Finnlines is offering departures from Bilbao and Santander on Wednesday (the latter for self driving units) arriving in either Teesport or Tilbury the ... [+]

New look for the North Sea

P&O Ferries is to spend £8.5 million on upgrading the two ships on its Hull-Zeebrugge. The two 32,000-tonne sister vessel Pride of York and Pride of Bruges will gain improvedeating, drinking and shopping areas for freight and tourist passengers. The work will be carried out at the Remontowa shipyard in ... [+]

P&O opens Zeebrugge extension

P&O Ferries has formally opened its expanded terminal at Zeebrugge which doubles capacity to around 700,000 units a year with a fourth berth and significantly enhanced rail capacity. In addition to Teesport, P&O Ferries also serves Tilbury and Hull from Zeebrugge, which has rail links across the continent including Romania, ... [+]

Strong start for P&O’s Swedish route

P&O Ferries says that its UK/Gothenbrug via Zeebrugge service – operated jointly with Swedish Orient Line (SOL) - has almost its traffic compared with 2015. The ferry and logistics company went partnership with Swedish Orient Line (SOL) last year using SOL's Gothenburg to Zeebrugge service, which then connects onwards to Britain ... [+]

P&O on song as freight surges

P&O Ferries says its Zeebrugge-Teesport route has seen a 16% increase in freight units in the third quarter of the year compared with 2015. Between July and September, P&O Ferries' two ships on the route - the Bore Song and the Mistral - carried 22,499 freight units ocompared with 19,349 in ... [+]

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