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P&O began ferry operations in Southampton in 1967 with a route to Le Havre in France in a joint venture with SAGA under the Normandy Ferries brand, later rebranded as P&O Ferries. The MV Dragon , owned by P&O, was registered in Southampton whereas her identical sister, MV Leopard , flew the French flag and was registered in Le Havre.
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.
Enlarged version built for P&O Irish Sea's Liverpool-Dublin service. Differences include more powerful engines for higher service speed, full bow ramp for landing on linkspans , large stern ramp, passenger cabins, club lounge and revised crew facilities.
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 ...
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 .
The ship was launched as MS Norbank in 1993 and was delivered by October 1993 to Nordzee Verdi Stone BV, the Netherlands and started operating between Hull and Rotterdam for North Sea Ferries. She was chartered to P&O Group in January 1997 and remained on the Rotterdam route where she then transferred to the Felixstowe to Rotterdam route ...
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 ...
P&O took over the routes from the long-established North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company in 1971. They branded their services "P&O Ferries" from 1975 to 1989 and "P&O Scottish Ferries" thereafter. The services were taken over by NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries in 2002. [1]