Island Echo, Author at Solent Transport User Group

Wightlink has confirmed there will be limited evening and overnight sailings on its Fishbourne-Portsmouth route from today (Wednesday) until Friday

21 January 2026

Adverse weather on the Solent has resulted in the cancellations of several Wightlink FastCat this afternoon (Wednesday). As a result

21 January 2026

Hovertravel has reported a deepening of financial losses and a collapse in its equity position, with newly published accounts showing

15 January 2026

Wightlink has announced that it will soon run a 3-boat service on its Yarmouth-Lymington service, adding more than 850 additional

14 January 2026

The Department for Transport has announced the appointment of prominent UK maritime figure and former Chief Executive of the Maritime

14 January 2026

Technical issues have led to cancellations on both Red Funnel’s vehicle ferry and hi-speed Red Jet services this morning (New

31 December 2025

Isle of Wight ferry firm Red Funnel (RF) recorded a loss of £32 million in the last financial year and

29 December 2025

Red Funnel is advising of early morning cancellations on its vehicle ferry service tomorrow (Saturday). There is disruption to be

26 December 2025

Those heading home for Christmas – or perhaps getting in some last minute shopping – are facing significant travel disruption

24 December 2025