Demonstrators gathered in Liverpool, Dover and Hull as the RMT union urged a stop to the 'P&O Jobs Massacre'
"Following my instruction to inspect all P&O vessels prior to entering back into service, the [Maritime and Coastguard Agency] has detained a ship for being unfit to sail," said Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
The ship is the European Causeway, a ferry operating from Cairnryan in Scotland to Larne in Northern Ireland.In a move that sparked widespread outrage, the company sacked almost 800 seafarers earlier this month, and plans to replace them with agency staff on cheaper salaries. "It has been detained due to failures on crew familiarisation, vessel documentation and crew training.
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