WEDNESDAY BEGINS WITH SIGNIFICANT DELAYS TO WIGHTLINK’S FISHBOURNE FERRY SERVICE

The day has hardly begun but Wightlink’s Portsmouth -Fishbourne car ferry service is already operating with delays of between 60-90 minutes.

Due to earlier essential maintenance overrunning on board Victoria of Wight, the cross-Solent operator is advising that some customers will experience delays today (Wednesday).

Overnight, customers faced delays of an hour-and-a-half, but that has now reduced to 60 minutes.

Wightlink says recovery of the timetable is in progress and that customers should continue to check in for their scheduled sailing time.

A spokesperson has said:

“We’ll keep you updated throughout the morning and again, we apologise sincerely for any changes to your travel plans”.

There has also been disruption on the Fastcat service to and from Ryde Pier Head, with the 05:15 from Portsmouth and the 05:40 from Ryde cancelled due to operational reasons.