Stena Line to furlough 600 employees and make 150 redundant in UK and the Republic of Ireland due to COVID-19
Gothenburg, Sweden. 6th April 2020: Stena Line has announced that it plan to furlough 600 employees with 150 redundancies across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. This urgent measure is an unavoidable response to the on-going global COVID-19 crisis, that has had a hugely damaging effect on travel and transport across Europe. The company to ensure those furloughed maintain 80% of salaries.Since the crisis emerged Stena Line has experienced a large decline in travel bookings and freight volumes. It is estimated that passenger figures will not recover until well into 2021. As a result of