P&O Ferries have cancelled services with immediate effect as 800 seafaring staff are now without jobs. The shock news comes as the ferry service claimed the decision was necessary to save the business which they labelled as 'not viable'.
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Cross-Channel ferry operator cancels sailings ahead of company announcement, but says it isn't going bust.
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RMT demands protection of UK seafarer jobs amid speculation that hundreds of UK seafarers are to be sacked and replaced with foreign labour.
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France: The government has called for expressions of interest to operate a lorry-carrying train service between the English Channel port of Calais and the Mediterranean port of Ste south of Montpellier.
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