Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Certainly a PR disaster as though they have something to hide .
Latest release from the union staying P and O looking to pay any new recruits around £4 an hour !
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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- Location: Dover
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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So P and O still desperate to get out of this PR disaster , although I think they may survive because of how big they are, there will be a lot of damage
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Back on Wednesday but only for freight, I wonder how busy P&O will be once the lorry backlog has cleared.
Why no foot passengers or cars now the ship S o B has passed inspection, could it be there are limitations on the number of people it can carry for safety reasons.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/p-o-channel-crossings-from-dover-to-resume-266111/?fbclid=IwAR2WgglSoDyD2N5BZvgMs8BG--7X4m6ZYW5meMAFLcX0XifPvPb1F15p_a8-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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i would not travel on them any more, evan if they offrerd me free life time trips.
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Matey- Location: Dover
- Registered: 11 Oct 2021
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People will still use them all the time they are offering such very low rates, but they can’t sustain that for long. They will collapse eventually.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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They have to make a profit with such a loss so can't afford low fares for to long
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Captain Haddock
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Same story as my post 289, but a better quality report from the BBC
no Daily Mail scandal in our house
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,057
"A
gigantic P&O boat operating between Larne and Cairnryan has become adrift in the Irish Sea after a 'mechanical issue'." Daily Mail bigging it up? Mind you, the Causeway has form for incidents:
https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/cargo-shift-and-damage-to-vehicles-on-board-ro-ro-passenger-ferry-european-causeway.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Will anyone feel confident it is really safe to use their ferries, from the BBC link when the 'problem' started at 13.30...........
They were told at about 13:45 the problem would be resolved in about 10 minutes.
"By about 14:15 we were still there, so that was about an hour.
"They said initially it was an issue with engines. After that, about 14:15 they said they couldn't restore power, that they had called the coastguard," he explained.......
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Post 292 shows
Steer clear of P and O
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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And the Kent's list was:
Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
01706 – Fire detection and alarm system Not as required Yes
13108 – Operation of Machinery Lack of Familiarity Yes
07125 – Evaluation of crew performance (fire drills) Lack of training Yes
13104 – Bilge equipment arrangements Not as required Yes
11106 – Fast rescue boats Inoperative Yes
18420 – Cleanliness of engine room Not as required Yes
15150 - ISM Not as required Yes
07105 – Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions Not as Required Yes
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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With all the money P&O have lost since the sackings and the resulting continued justified bad publicity I wonder if the management regret their illegal actions, even though I doubt they would ever publicly admit it.
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Button wrote:And the Kent's list was:
Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
01706 – Fire detection and alarm system Not as required Yes
13108 – Operation of Machinery Lack of Familiarity Yes
07125 – Evaluation of crew performance (fire drills) Lack of training Yes
13104 – Bilge equipment arrangements Not as required Yes
11106 – Fast rescue boats Inoperative Yes
18420 – Cleanliness of engine room Not as required Yes
15150 - ISM Not as required Yes
07105 – Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions Not as Required Yes
A veritable catalogue of infamy.
Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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Might as well do the Causeway's too:
Defective item Nature of defect Ground for Detention
01326 – Stability information booklet Missing Yes
10199 – Other (navigation) Other Yes
04108 – Muster list Incomplete Yes
05118 – Operation of GMDSS equipment Lack of familiarity Yes
01222 – Doc. evidence for personnel on passenger ships Entries missing Yes
01140 – Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance (part I and II) Not as required Yes
15150 - ISM Not as required Yes
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Still think the company itself are not bothered about the PR disaster created
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