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Passengers who were booked to take a car on P&O Ferries’ Dover-Calais route can turn to operator DFDS instead.
DFDS, the Danish international shipping and logistics company, says passengers should take their P&O booking details to the DFDS check-in desk:
Those hoping to take ferries to Ireland face having to switch ferry company, and to buy a new reservation. Stena Line runs from Cairnryan to Belfast while Irish Ferries operates from Holyhead to Dublin.
Those travelling from Hull to Rotterdam face the biggest disruption and longest drives. Stena offers Harwich to the Hook of Holland – the nearest replacement for those needing to travel urgently. P&O will have to refund passengers for crossings not taken.
