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    FERRY

    Sep 30, 2022 4 minutes
    Russell Plummer

    THE BUSY SUMMER AT DOVER Three operators and ten ferries run to Calais

    CHANNEL SITUATION

    After the lengthy disruption due to Covid-19, followed by the shock dismissal of 800 crew members by P&O Ferries and their replacement by cheaper agency staff, the Dover-Calais ferry route returned to something close to normality during the summer. In September DFDS Seaways, Irish Ferries and P&O were running a total of ten vessels between them, offering more than 40 return trips in each 24-hour period, with crossings taking 90 minutes each way.

    P&O currently operate up to 18 daily services using four ferries, with the 47,592gt sisters Spirit of Britain and Spirit of

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