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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.
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 ...
The chair of the Transport Select Committee, Huw Merriman MP, criticised P&O. [11] In the light of this action by P&O Ferries, the UK government stated it would review its contracts with the company. [12] This resulted in calls to boycott P&O Ferries including by members of the public, businesses in the travel trade and politicians. [13]
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 ...
Norstream was built in 1999 for Bore Ltd [1] for time-charter to the now defunct P&O North Sea Ferries which has since been incorporated into P&O Ferries.As a ro-ro freight ferry she does not carry tourist passengers but does have capacity for 12 freight drivers which are accommodated in six two berth cabins. [1]
MS Pride of Burgundy was planned as the fourth 'European Class' freight-only vessel, to be named European Causeway for P&O European Ferries' Dover to Zeebrugge route. Due to demand on the Dover - Calais route, the ship was converted to a multi-purpose ferry (passengers and freight) prior to completion with the addition of extra superstructure.
On the 3rd March 1998 P&O European Ferries and Stena Line merged their short sea operations and the ship was under the control of P&O Stena Line and carried the name P&OSL Dover from 1998 until 2002. In the summer of 1998, the Pride of Dover carried Michael Jackson en route to Paris as part of his Bad World Tour , after bad weather disrupted ...
MS Norbay is a ro-pax vessel owned and operated by the British ferry company P&O Ferries. She was built by Van Der Giessen-de Noord N.V., Netherlands in 1994. She was built by Van Der Giessen-de Noord N.V., Netherlands in 1994.