PRIDE OF BRUGES will be laid up until further notice. Sister ship PRIDE OF YORK was already earlier withdrawn from service. © Frank Lose
P&O Ferries further reduces capacity and staff to weather the COVID-19 storm
apr 24 2020
FinanceTo cope with the prevailing COVID-19 crisis, P&O Ferries is further taking action, resulting in another 300 employees to be furloughed with four more ships to be laid. The Dover-Calais service is reduced to two ships and the Hull-Zeebrugge ro-pax service is suspended, becoming a thrice weekly freight-only service.
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