British maritime authorities detained another vessel operated by P&O Ferries on Tuesday owing to “a number of deficiencies.”
The vessel, Spirit of Britain, which normally operates across the English Channel between Dover, England and Calais, France, is the third vessel detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Authority (MCA) since the UK’s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps ordered the agency to carry out detailed inspections of all P&O vessels following the company’s abrupt dismissal and replacement of almost 800 seafarers on March 17.
The company last week said it was expecting the Spirit of Britain to be ready to sail this week along with detained vessel Pride of Kent, which also serves the Dover–Calais route, but both vessels are now under detention.
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