About P&O Ferries

With over 180 years of rich heritage and experience, P&O Ferries has been cemented as a household name for ferry services, with our fascinating history helping us to become the reliable and dependable establishment that you know today. Our ships sail across the English Channel, North Sea, and Irish Sea, and we employ almost 2,000 members of staff. We have a fleet of more than 20 ships and operate more than 30,000 sailings a year at peak times. In addition to sailing on eight major routes including England to France, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Holland, we also operate intermodal continental hubs at Zeebrugge and Europoort. In addition, we also have our own logistics arm, P&O Ferrymasters.

Every year we carry more than 10 million passengers, 1.6 million cars, and 2.2 million freight units.

Your trip, your ship

Here at P&O Ferries we pride ourselves on our excellent customer service and relations. We strive to bring our valued customers the very best of everything – from booking to travelling to on board services, we’ll be there with you along every step of the way.

Whichever route you’re travelling on, we’ve collected a comprehensive list of ferry essentials that includes everything you may need when you travel on one of our ships. Whether you’re travelling to France, Holland or beyond, our excellent travel guides are also a great source of information, whatever your destination! And if you’re still looking for some travel inspiration then you should check out our adventure planner and travel blog, both packed full of useful hints and tips for travelling in Europe.

If you’re in need of some help then don’t worry, as our dedicated customer service team are always on hand and happy to help, just email us at customer.services@poferries.com. You can also get in touch with us via our Twitter page, where the content is refreshed 24 hours a day with service updates so you can check everything is running smoothly before you travel.

Press Contact

Are you are a journalist? Are you looking to find out more about P&O Ferries?

If so, please find our latest press releases or you can directly contact our Communications Team.

About P&O Ferries policies

Find out more about P&O Ferries policies regarding travel and browsing.

Read our policies

Review our gender pay gap report

Find out more about our corporate responsibility here.

P&O Ferries Awards

Over the years we’ve been nominated for and won numerous, prestigious Travel Industry Awards.

Take a look for yourselves and find out what awards we’ve won.

Sunflower Lanyard Scheme

Did you know, we are proudly the first ferry company in the UK to support the Sunflower Lanyard scheme, enabling customers who may need additional support of assistance to be discreetly recognised by our helpful staff on board our ships.

Find out more here.

Need help ?

View our Frequently Asked Questions before travelling with P&O Ferries.

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