P&O Ferries have cancelled services with immediate effect as 800 seafaring staff are now without jobs. The shock news comes as the ferry service claimed the decision was necessary to save the business which they labelled as 'not viable'.
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Cross-Channel ferry operator cancels sailings ahead of company announcement, but says it isn't going bust.
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RMT demands protection of UK seafarer jobs amid speculation that hundreds of UK seafarers are to be sacked and replaced with foreign labour.
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A train carrying hundreds of tons of stone recently travelled from North Wales to Liverpool. A train ran from Penmaenmawr to Liverpool carrying hundreds of tons of stone just before Christmas.
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Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed news that the North Transpennine route is to be upgraded to allow containers to be moved by rail. The plans were confirmed in the Integrated Rail Plan, published yesterday by the Department for Transport. It states that gauge clearance, allowing shipping containers to move on rail wagons, will be undertaken as part of the first phase of the Northern Powerhouse Rail project. Currently, the major freeports on the East Coast and West Coast of England, including Humber, Tees and Liverpool are not able to move containers by rail to the cities across the north of England.
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