Sunday 20th May 2012
The Pride of Dover bows out of service in mid-December after more than twenty years on the Dover-Calais route for P&O Ferries.
Staff at the company will mark the end of an era when the ship makes its final return sailing from Dover at 23.55hrs on 15...Read more
We’ve been quiet as the shipyard cranks up again from the July shut down. Given how long the winters are out there, you can’t begrudge people for making the most of the short summer by closing down for a month. It is more efficient...Read more
Spirit of Britain and Spirit of France have been specifically designed for service between Dover and Calais with a Lloyd’s Register ‘Green Passport’ notation which provides a cradle to grave strategy for all materials used.
Whilst it would have been satisfactory, and cheaper, to order ships that are...Read more
The 8th of June was a busy day for members of the Newbuild team. By now you’ve no doubt seen the impressive pictures of the Spirit of Britain taking to the water for the first time, but no sooner as the...Read more
We’ve been asked how we chose the ship yard to build our new ferries, which is a very big question indeed.
Very briefly, the answer goes like this. In September 2007 we put the word out to ship yards around the world that we had an...Read more
P&O Ferries have invested €360m building the two largest ferries ever to operate on the Dover-Calais route and with the first due to arrive at the end of this year, it’s about time we started to tell you about them.
Between now and the...Read more
P&O Ferries has signed a €360m contract with Aker Yards for the two largest ferries ever to be constructed for the Dover-Calais service.
The first of these ships will enter service in January 2011 and the second in September 2011, replacing the Pride of Dover and the...Read more
