P&O Ferries: 100 sacked seafarers report missing possessions

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Around 100 seafarers sacked by P&O Ferries claim they have not had all their possessions returned to them, according to the firm. Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite insisted reuniting former employees with items they had on ships when they were fired is a “top priority”. In a letter to Tory MP Huw Merriman, who chairs the Commons’ Transport Select Committee, Mr Hebblethwaite admitted that only 90% of the 786 workers sacked without notice have “received their personal belongings back”. “Rest assured that reuniting everyone with their possessions remains a top priority and we have a dedicated P&O Ferries team who are currently focused on this task.” Mr Hebblethwaite went on: “Approximately 100 of our 786 ex-seafarers have written to us in relation to specific possessions they believe are missing.” Items in the possession of P&O Ferries are being “stored securely” in offices, he wrote.