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#1
The News Board / Re: P&O Fleet Movements
August 22, 2023, 04:22:45 PM
P&O Ferries internal announcement on route closure of Liverpool - Dublin

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LIVERPOOL-DUBLIN
Dear colleagues,
 
Earlier this year, the owner of our Liverpool site, Peel Ports, informed us that our current berth would no longer be available to us after the end of 2023.
 
In recent weeks and months we have pursued every possible option to maintain our service on our Liverpool-Dublin route. This has included extensive negotiations and discussions with Peel, and exhaustive consideration of other options available to us.
 
I am sorry that while this work has been carried out we have been unable to provide updates on the future of the Liverpool-Dublin service.
 
Unfortunately, despite our utmost efforts to find a viable solution, no suitable alternative has been offered or found that would enable us to maintain the current service into 2024. It is with great regret that I must therefore announce that we intend to close the Liverpool-Dublin service towards the end of this year.
 
It is a great disappointment that we have not found a viable way forward and I am deeply sorry for the impact this will have on colleagues who will be affected by this unwelcome news.
 
We are now beginning a consultation process with our employees affected by the intended closure of this service. We will offer support to affected colleagues to find alternative employment within our business, or where that is not possible, help to find employment elsewhere.
 
We have met with all affected colleagues earlier today to update on this announcement and answer questions.
 
We have worked to ensure that where possible our customers affected by the intended closure of the Liverpool-Dublin route can access alternative services with other operators.
 
P&O Ferries is dedicated to offering a reliable and efficient service with exceptional service to our customers on our extensive network of routes in the seas around the UK. We remain fully committed to serving customers on our Irish Sea crossing between our ports in Larne and Cairnryan, where we recently celebrated our 50th year of operations, and on our network around the UK.
 
Our intention is that Norbay and Norbank, which currently serve the Liverpool-Dublin route, will be redeployed elsewhere on our route network in the coming months.
 
I would like to express my gratitude to the employees, crew members, and partners who have contributed to the success of the Liverpool-Dublin route over the years. Their dedication and professionalism have been instrumental in serving our customers and maintaining our high standards of service.
 
We recognise this announcement will cause some uncertainty, and would remind you of the availability of our Employee Assistance Programme should you benefit from that support.
 
Please note that all media enquiries should be sent to the Press Office via poferries.pressoffice@edelman.com.
 
Peter Hebblethwaite
CEO P&O Ferries
#2
The News Board / Re: Irish Ferries Fleet movements
April 13, 2023, 08:11:39 PM
 
Quote from: marsav68 on April 13, 2023, 07:37:46 PMHas Epsilon got a issue with bow doors. Seen her loading from rear in Holyhead this afternoon and she appears to be also unloading from rear in Dublin.

Epsilon is stern loading. No bow doors.
#3
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
April 02, 2023, 01:11:48 PM
Quote from: giftgrub on April 01, 2023, 07:12:11 PM
Quote from: anglesey_boy on April 01, 2023, 06:26:51 PM
Quote from: Morgsy24 on March 31, 2023, 06:23:00 PMAny word on what Stena Nordicas increased capacity will be?
550

Had heard closer to 700 after the additional deck space on the helipad and the rebuilding of the existing passenger areas, won't be long till we find out.

Internal SL docs say circa550
#4
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
April 01, 2023, 06:26:51 PM
Quote from: Morgsy24 on March 31, 2023, 06:23:00 PMAny word on what Stena Nordicas increased capacity will be?
550
#5
The News Board / Re: Irish Ferries Fleet movements
February 11, 2021, 01:46:38 PM
Quote from: A83 on February 11, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
Mega Express 4 going onto the berth in Holyhead now.

ME4 looks so small in comparison to Ulysses! I was driving along by Tinto or would have managed a pic of them both!
#6
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
May 24, 2020, 12:42:33 PM
Stena have terminated the contracts of the zero-hour employed temporary crew (after their fight to get furloughed in the first instance) and Permanent Part Time Crew and offered redundancy packages to all other crew.

Things not looking too good or happy morale there at the moment.
#7
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
April 01, 2020, 03:52:45 PM
Stena Line have laid off their zero-hour contact crew by terminating the contracts of employment. Once this madness is over they will have to re-apply for their posts afresh.
Stena Line seem to be taking major advantage of this situation sadly.
#8
Discussion Board / Re: "ULYSSES"
March 30, 2020, 07:39:03 PM
The crane is aft of the Drivers Lounge/Club Class, loads into the stores on deck 10 below.
#9
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
March 16, 2020, 01:58:37 PM
Hope all will be well for the crews on the Irish Sea!

Sweden's Stena Line will lay off 950 employees as a consequence of the dramatic drop in passengers. More layoffs could be in store.
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Ferry company Stena Line will cut 950 jobs in Sweden as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and the travel restrictions imposed by several countries, the company said on Monday.
The company was experiencing a "drastic decline" in travel bookings as a result, with the worst effect experienced in Scandinavia, it said. "At present, it is estimated that passenger operations will not recover before the peak season in summer," the company said in a statement.
#10
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
March 01, 2020, 11:08:18 AM
Take a look at stena homepage ... £7 each way bookable until 09/03/2020!
#11
The News Board / Re: BBC Question Time
February 21, 2019, 09:23:50 PM
It's Pawb a'i Farn on S4C not QT.
Pretty much the Welsh language version of...
#12
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
July 28, 2018, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Matt73 on July 28, 2018, 05:03:18 PM

You mention the filthy passengner transfer buses. How is it that the IF's berth has a foot passenger gangway, but not the Stena berth which is right next to it?  I appreciate that it costs money to erect these structures, but weren't both berths built at the same time?

Matt

Also, gangway hasn't been in use for many years after storm damage - and from memory the structure has now been removed
#13
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
July 25, 2018, 02:02:15 PM
A good friend of mine that works onboard for Stena says that they are dealing well with extra passengers transferred from IF. However, the lack of information the pax have received from IF makes a number very irate and angry - and the Stena crew have to deal with that!. Stena's pax numbers for the time of year are already high, with the angry extras makes their shifts difficult.
An example would be a passenger (who had paid for an upgrade to Club on IF) insisting that they were upgraded to StenaPlus, (bookings/upgrades haven't transferred) being so abusive (swearing and shouting) to a crew member bringing her to tears - needless to say the pax wasn't upgraded!