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    FERRY

    Jun 26, 2020 4 minutes
    Russell Plummer

    P&O PAIR SENT TO SCOTLAND

    COVID-19 LAY-UP

    With English Channel sailings largely suspended until July at least, P&O Ferries sent two of their Dover-based fleet into lay-up at Leith, near Edinburgh, after Calais route sailings were reduced due to the Covid-19 pandemic. First to reach the Firth of Forth port was Pride of Burgundy (1992/28,138gt), with Pride of Canterbury (1991/30,635gt) soon following.

    Both vessels came from a series of high capacity freight ro-ros built in Germany at Bremerhaven’s Schichau Seebeckwerft yard. Pride of Canterbury ran from Dover to Zeebrugge as European Pathway from her completion in 1991 until she was rebuilt in winter 2002-03 to join the Calais service as a fully-fledged passenger/car ferry.

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