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Image used for illustrative purposes. Cars approach the main entrance of DP World at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 27, 2018.
DP World has accepted the resignation of independent non-executive director Mark Russell.
In a statement to Nasdaq Dubai, the company confirmed that Russell had resigned.
DP World-owned P&O Ferries sacked 800 employees without warning.
But the UK press reported last weekend that Russell had left saying he could not support how DP World-owned P&O had handled the “restructuring”, under which staff on its ferries were replaced by those from a third-party crew provider.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the company seemed to have broken the law.
This was followed by P&O CEO Pete Hebblethwaite issuing a public apology at a hearing before UK members of parliament (MPs), yesterday (Thursday) and calls for his resignation by transport secretary Grant Shapps today.
On Tuesday, the company said it will pay $48.13 million in compensation to sacked workers.
(Writing by Imogen Lillywhite; editing by Daniel Luiz)
