P and O Ferries
The company is headquartered in Dover and also controls logistics company P&O Ferrymasters. P&O Ferries is owned by Dubai-based DP World but run from the UK. The company has previously been known under a number of names, including P&O European Ferries.
Much of the P&O’s ferry network can trace its origin to Townsend Thoresen and its predecessors. Despite its name, P&O Cruises has a different owner to P&O Ferries. The cruise company became part of Carnival Corporation in 2003 having split from the rest of the P&O operation in 2000.