Cruise company forced to clarify they are not linked to P&O Ferries
P&O Cruises has been getting abuse from confused social media users
Last updated 18th Mar 2022
Southampton-based P&O Cruises has been forced to clarify that it is not linked to the ferry firm that has made 800 staff redundant.
Social media users have been confusing P&O Cruises with P&O Ferries, which is being criticised for the way it laid off workers on Thursday.
P&O Cruises was sold to US-based Carnival in 2003, while P&O Ferries is owned by Dubai-based DP World.
The social media team at P&O Cruises has been responding to the confusion on twitter.
Unions and politicians condemned the mass dismissal, blamed by P&O Ferries on losses of £100 million following the slump in travel because of the pandemic.
The firm said early on Friday it would not be able to operate services "for the next few days" from Dover to Calais, Hull to Rotterdam, Liverpool to Dublin, and Cairnryan, Scotland, to Larne, Northern Ireland.