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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.
In 2008, BC Ferries launched the first of the Coastal-class ferries, which at the time were the world's largest double enders. These were surpassed as the world's largest double-enders when P&O Ferries launched their first double-ender, called the P&O Pioneer, which entered service in June 2023 replacing Pride of Kent. [43]
Ferry companies of Canada include companies owning or operating ferries in Canada. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
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]
In 1975, P&O established Pandoro for operation of the company's Irish Sea RO-RO routes. Pandoro was an acronym for P and O Ro. 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.
P&O European Ferries (formerly Townsend Thoresen), a division of P&O Ferries, was a ferry company which operated in the English Channel from 1987 after the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster, when Townsend Thoresen was renamed P&O European Ferries, until 1999 when the Portsmouth Operations became P&O Portsmouth and the Dover Operations were merged with Stena Line AB to make P&O Stena Line.
In October 2010 it was announced that she would end her P&O service on 14 December 2010 with her last crossing leaving Dover at 23:55 local time. She was replaced by the new Superferry Spirit of Britain , with a bigger capacity and almost double the gross tonnage, at 47,600 tons, the second-largest ferry to cross the channel. [ 5 ]