From the end of 2014 the company’s eight ships are being rebranded which includes changing their funnel from traditional yellow to new distinctive blue funnels carrying an illuminated rising sun motif which depicts the Oriental part of the Peninsular and Oriental (P&O) name on the company’s coat of arms.
P&O Cruises roots stretch back to 1837 when the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company was awarded the lucrative Admiralty contract to carry mail to the Iberian Peninsula and beyond.