Isle of Wight ferry firm Red Funnel is experiencing further disruption and cancellations on its Southampton to East Cowes vehicle service.

UPDATED: Ferry fix sees Red Funnel restores previously cancelled sailings

It follows a raft of cancellations announced earlier today (Monday), in which the 2pm, 5pm and 8.15pm from Southampton, and 3.30pm, 6.30pm, and 9.45pm from East Cowes, were all abandoned.

It is over repairs required to Red Eagle’s aft Voith unit.

Today (Monday), the cross-Solent operator is running two additional ferry crossings, departing from Southampton at 9pm and East Cowes at 10.30pm.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), however, another string of cancellations have been confirmed.

The following sailings have been cancelled:

From Southampton

  • 5am
  • 8am
  • 11am
  • 2pm
  • 5pm
  • 8.15pm

From East Cowes

  • 6.30am
  • 9.30am
  • 12.30pm
  • 3.30pm
  • 6.30pm
  • 9.45pm

"We sincerely apologise for any disruption to your journey, and our technical team works hard to bring Red Eagle back into service as quickly as possible," said a spokesperson for Red Funnel.

"If we are able to bring the vessel back more quickly or have any further updates, we will issue another update in due course."