Sailings have been suspended on all P&O Ferries ahead of a major announcement by the company later today.

In a message to staff, tweeted by Karl Turner, MP for East Hull, P&O Ferries said: “We will be making a major company announcement today which, with the support of our shareholder DP World, will secure the long-term viability of P&O Ferries.

“To facilitate this announcement all our vessels have been asked to discharge their passengers and cargo and standby for further instructions.

“That means we’re expecting all our ports to experience serious disruption today so please bear with us and we will give further information in an all-colleague announcement later today.

“If you’re in a customer-facing role further information with follow separately on how we would like you to work with our customers. Thank you for your patience and support.”

The ferry company has apologised to customers and said it is working with other companies to provide alternative methods of transport.

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