Thursday 23rd February 2012
P&O Ferries today (24 January) took delivery of its second new €180 million ship, Spirit of France, during a handover ceremony at the STX Europe shipyard in Rauma, Finland.
Spirit of France then began its 1,400 mile voyage to Dover under the command of Captain Steve...Read more
If you haven’t yet picked a spot on out virtual Superferry, you are running out of time!
We’ve hidden fantastic European holiday prizes, ferry travel and onboard shopping vouchers all over our virtual superferry. There’s even a special ‘Free P&O Ferries Travel for a Decade’ hidden...Read more
I’ve heard a few people mutter that the Spirit of Britain didn’t look ‘that big’ when she entered the Port of Dover last Sunday. Perhaps from up on the cliffs her size was not immediately apparent.
Thanks then to the Senior Master of the...Read more
The Spirit of Britain has just completed four days of sea trials in the Baltic Sea off Rauma.
It is fair to say that conditions were a little testing, with force 8 winds ensuring she was put well and truly through her paces. Thankfully, our technical colleagues...Read more
STX Europe, Finland. Some of the more eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed in last months photo update that the ‘P&O’ painted on the Spirit of Britain looked a bit odd – it turns out it was not finished! So here is a picture...Read more
STX Europe, Finland. With work continuing at pace on both vessels now, I’ve decided to split the photo updates from the yard into Spirit of Britain and Spirit of France separate updates.
As mentioned previously much of the ongoing work on the Spirit of Britain involves the...Read more
Rumours abound in the ferry industry, but one of the more unusual doing the rounds is that P&O Ferries is building the second of its new ships back to front. However this tall story turns out to be true.
Eagle eyed ferry enthusiasts...Read more
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