Sunday 20th May 2012
The Spirit of France took to the water for the first time last Friday (18th Feb) when she was floated out of her construction dock at the STX Europe shipyard in Rauma, Finland.
P&O Ferries CEO Helen Deeble and the ship’s senior master Captain Steve Johnson were...Read more
With the launch of the Spirit of Britain now only a few months away and with the Spirit of France looking more and more like her sister-ship by the day, it’s time for us to upgrade the New Ships website.
The site now includes a new look homepage...Read more
P&O Ferries has designed its new ships to the maximum scale that is operationally feasible for ferries using existing facilities in the ports of Dover and Calais – within the company the new ships are often referred to as ‘Dover-Max’ in terms of their scale.
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
From technophobe!
Although I’m a technical dunce I thought I understood a bit about ship building, as I’ve been visiting ship yards for launches on and off since the early 1980s.
The way I’d approach building a ship it is a bit like the way I’d approach...Read more
P&O Ferries has announced that it will be naming its two new record-breaking ships Spirit of Britain and Spirit of France when they come into service in 2011.
Dame Kelly Holmes has graciously agreed to become Godmother to the first of the new ships...Read more
The first of two huge new ships being built for P&O Ferries has passed a major construction milestone with its keel laying in Rauma, Finland.
In keeping with tradition coins were placed under the keel for good fortune at a formal ceremony staged at the STX...Read more
