his country calls him a defender of the fatherland. and yet it was russia s army that attacked ukraine, on the orders of president putin, to restore russian power, and to force ukraine into russia s orbit. russian national anthem plays. but at what cost? steve rosenberg, bbc news, kostroma. p&0 ferries has suspended sailings ahead of what they have called a major announcement . mp for hull, karl turner posted a statement from the ferry operator on social media which said the announcement would include details of how the company plans to secure its long term viability.
and without major changes could not run a viable business. the ferry operator is a subsidiary of dp world, a multinational company based in dubai, which generates billions in revenues every year. p&0 is a 200 year shipping company, they can ride out this storm. everyone is a troubling covid, now at the point of recovery they are trying to make our members pick up the tab for the covid crisis. we are not prepared do that. these pictures show security staff boarding a boat in liverpool yesterday to remove the old crew. 0ne worker described how he was removed from a vessel. it s terrible, the way i got dealt with. i was escorted personally from the bridge of the ship to my cabin, this is my home, i work and live on that ship, it s my home and i did point this out to the bailiff, this is my house, this is where i live. the company has been accused of acting ruthlessly, but the question being asked today
sailings ahead of what s being called a major announcement, a statement p&0. the ferry operator posted this on twitter. it will be making a major announcement today to secure the long term viability of p80 ferries. they add, to facilitate p&0 ferries. they add, to facilitate this announcement all vessels have been asked to discharge passengers and cargo and stand by for further instructions. this means we are expecting all our ports to experience serious disruption today. they wrote on twitter, regretfully p&0 ferries services are unable to run for the next few hours, we will guide you in trouble will be arranged via an alternative operator. travel will be arranged. it s a significant and dramatic announcement from p&0 arranged. it s a significant and dramatic announcement from p80 and will have a big announcement on anyone expecting to travel, it
demonstrations are expected in dover, liverpooland demonstrations are expected in dover, liverpool and larne. demonstrations are expected in dover, liverpooland larne. until yesterday, many of these people had jobs working aboard the company s vessels. now they are unemployed. 800 staff were abruptly laid off, theirjob is taken by agency workers as part of a cost cutting drive. p&0 ferries is not the first company to try to save money by firing staff or changing their contracts, and it certainly won t be the last. but what is different here is the way that it s gone about it. staff were given no notice, there was no consultation, they were fired on the spot, and that s causing a huge amount of bitterness and anger. p&0 insists it had no choice, it says it lost huge sums during the pandemic and without major changes could not run a viable business. the ferry operator is a subsidiary of dp world, a multinational company based in dubai, which generates billions in dubai, which generates b
emma at the undercutting if they get away with this? if it is such a tight industry where margins are so tight, if you were another ferry operator you might feel that this should be something government should be something government should stop. should be something government should stop- should be something government should sto -. ., , should stop. indeed. the law is the law and the should stop. indeed. the law is the law and the law should stop. indeed. the law is the law and the law seems should stop. indeed. the law is the law and the law seems to should stop. indeed. the law is the law and the law seems to have - should stop. indeed. the law is the | law and the law seems to have been p&0 broken. this is what the ceo of himseif p&0 broken. this is what the ceo of himself was p&0 broken. this is what the ceo of himself was saying. in an environment where you cannot move, esg, environmental rules around companies esg, environmental rules around companies easily, this