Isle of Wight’s Red Funnel cancels even more ferry sailings as disruption continues

From Yahoo! News today:

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

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.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/red-funnel-cancels-even-more-143704654.html

When the Red Funnel Chief Exec published an apology for the ‘shambolic performance’ in March 2024, one comment read:

By not having worked her way up from the bottom, having no experience and being a jumped-up accountant, who has no concept of marine engineering and believes that saving money on something she considers unquantifiable (maintenance) is somehow saving money to be better spent on bonuses and dividends.

https://www.islandecho.co.uk/red-funnel-boss-apologises-and-offers-vouchers-for-affected-customers/

Meanwhile, in Scotland, CalMac ran at 100% reliability on Sunday, charged 50% of Red Funnel ticket prices and paid no dividends to the share-holders – you.

2 thoughts on “Isle of Wight’s Red Funnel cancels even more ferry sailings as disruption continues

  1. Aye, Fran Collins (CEO Red Funnel) throwing her Voith again, a busy lady..

    Frances Charlotte Collins is CEO of HYTHE AND SOUTHAMPTON FERRY COMPANY LIMITED, Company Director of SAGA CRUISES LIMITED, Chief Exec of ISLE OF WIGHT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CEO of ISLE OF WIGHT HOLIDAYS LIMITED, CEO of RED FUNNEL LIMITED, CEO of SOUTHAMPTON ISLE OF WIGHT AND SOUTH OF ENGLAND ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY LIMITED, CEO of STEAM COFFEE COMPANY LIMITED and CEO of FALCON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED,

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