P&O Ferries suspended most of its operations when it replaced nearly 800 seafarers with cheaper agency workers on March 17. 13 April 2022 A P&O Ferries vessel detained over safety concerns for more than a fortnight is being reinspected. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it is assessing whether Pride of Kent is safe to resume sailings from Dover. P&O Ferries suspended most of its operations when it replaced nearly 800 seafarers with cheaper agency workers on March 17. Freight lorries queue at the Port of Dover on Tuesday (Gareth Fuller/PA) It hoped to resume sailings on the Dover-Calais route with Port of Kent and Spirit of Britain this week, but that is dependent on the ships being approved by the MCA. Spirit of Britain was detained on Wednesday after an inspection found "a number of deficiencies". An MCA spokesman said: "A reinspection is taking place at P&O Ferries' request on the Pride of Kent which was detained on March 28.