P&O Ferries has been told the Pride of Kent can resume sailings between Dover and Calais after passing a safety inspection at the fourth attempt.
The vessel had been detained since late March amid the fallout from the company’s decision to sack almost 800 seafarers and replace them with agency crew on significantly lower pay – below the UK’s statutory minimum wage rules.
Six days after it last failed the ferry, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: “The Pride of Kent has been released from detention and can commence operations when P&O Ferries are ready.
“There are no further inspections of P&O Ferries at the moment but we will reinspect when requested by P&O Ferries”.
