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This was the longest route that P&O Ferries operated and was often late arriving due to the weather conditions in the Bay of Biscay. [citation needed] 1998 saw the introduction of a new high-speed service on the Portsmouth–Cherbourg route using the Superstar Express, being replaced by the larger Incat-built 91m long Portsmouth Express in 2000.
MV P&O Pioneer is a roll-on/roll-off cross-channel hybrid ferry operated by P&O Ferries.She is the first of her class ordered by P&O Ferries to replace the ageing Pride of Kent, with her sister P&O Liberte [2] due to follow in early 2024 to replace the ageing Pride of Canterbury and also Spirit of Britain in 2024 which has been chartered to Irish ferries.
In 1998 P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea) Ltd was formed by the internal merger of Pandoro Ltd. and P&O European (Felixstowe) Ltd., to run the Irish Sea routes. In 1987, P&O took over the European Ferries Group Plc—to which it had previously sold its cross channel ferry services in 1985—which traded as Townsend Thoresen, and renamed the ...
Ferry services have continued to be significant, and 3.6 million passengers use these annually. [ 1 ] The main operators across the Irish Sea are P&O Ferries , Irish Ferries , Stena Line and the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company .
MV European Highlander is a ferry operated by P&O Irish Sea on their Cairnryan to Larne service. The vessel is an enlarged version of European Causeway , the Highlander being 6 metres longer. Other differences include minor revisions to the passenger deck layout, additional passenger lifts and the use of larger lifeboats rather than Marine ...
During 2006, P&O's ferry and port operations were taken over by DP World. In 2010, P&O Irish Sea, which had been run from the parent company's offices in Dover since the withdrawal from Fleetwood in 2004, was rebranded as part of P&O Ferries. [5] Officially the company name remains as P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea) Ltd, however. [2]
MS Spirit of France is a cross-channel ferry operated by P&O Ferries on the Dover–Calais route. She is the second of two Spirit-class ships built for P&O Ferries, the other being Spirit of Britain (now known as Oscar Wilde) The vessels are the largest ferries constructed for the Dover/Calais route and the largest ferries to ever cross the English Channel.
P&O Stena was replaced on the route by Transmanche Ferries and Hoverspeed. In April 2002, P&O announced its intention to buy out the 40% stake in P&O Stena Line owned by Stena and this was completed by August.