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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.
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. This route ...
In 1886 the St. Rognvald was advertised to make a special trip to Bergen and "some of the principal fjords and places of interest on the west coast of Norway". This was perhaps the first purposely planned cruise ship voyage and proved so popular with the public that the company quickly advertised a follow-up cruise which was also popular, leading to a further three cruises being arranged for ...
The go ahead was given to the merger towards the end of 1997 by UK, French and EU authorities and the new company began on 10 March 1998 with joint livery being officially unveiled the day before. Ownership of the new company was 60/40 in favour of P&O with all shore and sea management performed by P&O. Voting rights between the two companies ...
P&O Ferries CEO Peter Hebblethwaite confirmed on 24 March that P&O was aware that its firing the seafarers without consultation was illegal. [6] On 23 November 2010 the ship departed Rauma at 10:00 for her first sea trials in the Gulf of Bothnia. In December 2010 the vessel's registered owner and ship manager became P&O Short Sea Ferries Ltd ...
MS Pride of Kent was a cross-channel ferry operated by P&O Ferries, it operated on the Dover to Calais route from 2003 until its retirement in June 2023. Before that, between 1992 and 2002, it had operated on the Dover to Zeebrugge route.
1960–1966, P&O-Orient Lines. 1966–1973, P&O Line, 1973–1986 P&O Cruises: Port of registry: London United Kingdom: Route: Southampton-Sydney via Suez, transpacific to US West Coast, occasional return via Panama Canal (1973 Cruising) Ordered: 1956: Builder: Vickers-Armstrong: Cost £ 12.5 million (1956) Yard number: 1061: Laid down: 18 ...
Condor Ferries established the first high-speed car ferry service to the Channel Islands from Weymouth in 1993 using the 74m Incat catamaran Condor 10.In the winter of 1993/1994, one of Condor's parent companies; Commodore Shipping, took over British Channel Island Ferries (BCIF) which operated conventional ferry services to the Channel Islands from Poole.