The company suspended all services, including its Dover/Calais route, on Thursday, March 17th, shortly before the announcement that it had fired 800 of its UK-based seafaring staff.
On Monday, March 28th, services on the Dover/Calais route had not resumed, with no date given for when the route may reopen.
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For customers travelling on Irish or Dutch routes services are simply cancelled, but anyone with tickets booked on the Dover/Calais route is advised to turn up at the port as planned.
#PODover #POCalais Services today remain cancelled. Please arrive as booked, we will get you away on an alternative carrier asap. Once at the port please head to the DFDS (Dover) or P&O (Calais) check in booths. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause'
— P&O Ferries Updates (@POferriesupdate) March 28, 2022
Once there, they should head to the check-in booths of rival ferry company DFDS and, says P&O, alternative services will be arranged.
Passengers are reminded that face masks are compulsory on DFDS ferries, as well in all public transport hubs and on services in France.
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