P & O Ferries hired an old DFDS executive as a successor to Peter Hebblethwaite, the man whose controversial policy of fire and recovery earned him the nickname of the “most hated boss in Great Britain”.
Sky News learned that Kasper Moos, a dune, will become the general manager of P & O Ferries later this month.
Mr. Moos, who also held senior positions in Moller Maersk, the conglomerate, said Thursday in a note broadcast to P&O Ferries employees: “This is a brand overall recognized in the ferry industry, which today provides vital passenger and freight connections between the United Kingdom and continental Europe and the United Kingdom.
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“I can’t wait to go to work, continue the transformation of this major company and make sure that we provide our customers with the high quality service they need.”
His arrival this month will ensure a gentle succession at the company of the company, after Mr. HebblethwaiteThe mandate of the scandal, in which he dismissed hundreds of sailors and replaced them with cheaper agency staff.
Mr. Hebblethwaite joined the ranks of the most notorious personalities in Great Britain in 2022 when P&O FERRIES – A subsidiary of the giant port operator from Dubai, DP World – said that it was dismissing 800 employees with immediate effect – some of which learned their fate via a video message.
Peter Hebblethwaite is seen by testifying to the deputies in 2022. Pic: pa
The policy, which Mr. Hebblethwaite defended to deputies during the subsequent hearings of the restricted committee, broke out in a national scandal, which prompted the changes to the law to offer workers greater protection.
P & O ferries transports 4.5 million passengers per year on the roads between the European ports of the United Kingdom and continental, notably Calais and Rotterdam.
It also operates a route between Northern Ireland and Scotland, and is a large freight carrier.
The losses of the company skyrocketed during the pandemic, with DP World – its only shareholder – supporting it through hundreds of millions of pounds of loans.
Its most recent accounts, which have been significantly delayed, showed a significant reduction in losses in 2023 to just over 90 million pounds sterling.
The reduction compared to the figure of the previous year of almost 250 million pounds Sterling was partly attributed to cost reduction exercises.
Mr. Hebblethwaite had argued since the mass dismissals of 2022 that the company would have gone bankrupt without the reduction of the drastic costs it implied.
The company insisted at the time that people affected by layoffs were offered “improved” packages to leave.
Last October, the transport secretary of the time, Louise Haigh, said: “Mass dismissal by P & O ferries was a national scandal that can never happen again”, adding that measures to protect seafarers from “thug employers” would prevent rehearsal.
The description by the Minister of Ferries P&O as “thug” and suggest that consumers should boycott the business, triggered a row that threatened to overshadow the International Government Summit in October last.
Sky News’ commercial and economic correspondent Paul Kelso, revealed that DP World had withdrawn from participation in the event and had interrupted an investment announcement of 1 billion pounds Sterling.
The company sold after Sir Keir Starmer publicly distant the government of the characterization by Ms. Haigh in the DP world.
A spokesperson for P & O Ferries confirmed the appointment of Mr. Moos.