Happy 187th birthday P&O! 🎉
Did you know?
👉 The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation company (P&O) was founded by Brodie McGhie Willcox and Arthur Anderson during a period of intense international change, just as steam-driven ships were beginning to replace traditional sailings vessels. Over the next 180+ years, the name P&O became synonymous for speed, reliability and good taste. From our beginnings in 1837, millions of passengers and trucks have travelled on P&O ships.
👉 Today P&O is a leading pan-European ferry and logistics group and a part of DP World, the leading provider of end-to-end logistic solutions and enabler of the flow of trade across the globe. P&O Ferries is a major provider of freight transport and passenger travel services, sailing on seven major routes between Great Britain, France, Northern Ireland, Netherlands and Belgium.
But the best is yet to come!
The 187 years of P&O history reminds me of the quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: "If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea".
I'm proud to be part of the story and great team of people driven by love for shipping, logistics and transportation.
To follow the timeline of P&O history: https://lnkd.in/eFtJ4a6
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Picture credits: P&O heritage