P&O Irish Sea [SEP] dissolved or abolished
P&amp;O Irish Sea
P&O Irish Sea was the trading name of P&O Ferries in the Irish Sea from 1998 to 2010, when it was merged back into and rebranded P&O Ferries.
History.
P&O Irish Sea was formed in 1998, following the merger of the Cairnryan based service of P&O European Ferries (Felixstowe) Ltd and Pandoro Ltd (who operated routes between England, Scotland and France to Ireland).
In 1999, P&O Irish Sea announced its intentions to purchase a purpose-built Ro-Pax (roll
point resulted in the "Superstar Express" returning to the route from P&O Irish Sea. The ship operated with P&O Portsmouth during the 2000, 2001 and 2002 summer seasons and returned to Buquebus for the rest of the year, in each summer season on the Cherbourg route the ship experienced a number of technical problems which often resulted in the ship running on three or less of its four engines. In 2002 the ship's marketing name became "Express" after P&O Portsmouth became part of P&O Ferries. In 2004 the ship was