The decision by a Dubai-owned ferry firm to fire 800 UK-based staff with no notice is “wholly unacceptable,” a UK minister has said. P&O Ferries, which was bought by Dubai-based logistics giant DP World in 2019, sparked outrage on Thursday when it fired 800 seafarers without any prior notice. The firm said the affected employees had been handed immediate severance notices with compensation packages for the “lack of advance notice.” It insisted the decision to cut jobs was “very difficult but necessary” as it was “not a viable business” in its current state. P&O Ferries said in a statement: “We have made a £100 million ($132 million) loss year-on-year, which has been covered by our parent, DP World. This is not sustainable. “Our survival is dependent on making swift and significant changes now. Without these changes there is no future for P&O Ferries.” Sailings were halted on Thursday morning and …