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Red Funnel

Red Funnel provide ferry services to the Isle of Wight.

A high-speed catamaran service runs between Southampton and Cowes for foot passengers and between Southampton and East Cowes for vehicles.

Below are some of the articles featuring Red Funnel.

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21, September 2018·4 min read

Wight in Bloom 2018 Winners announced

There were a whopping 114 gardens entered into this year's Wight in Bloom competition - all visited by a panel of volunteer judges during July, scoring the entries for their design, range of plants, colour, presentation, maintenance and creativity.

24, September 2018·1 min read

Weather braved for Isle of Wight Day beach clean

Over 40 Red Funnel staff and their families braved the wet weather at Ventnor and Steephill Cove to take part in the biggest-ever organised clean-up of the Island’s coastline.

27, September 2018·2 min read

Ferry ‘ploughed through moorings’ in thick fog. Watch video of wall of fog (update 2)

Watch this 'wall of fog' video taken this morning and you might understand how the Red Funnel ferry came into 'light contact' with a yacht moored in Cowes. RNLI say the ferry "ploughed through the moorings" of Daring Class boats.

27, September 2018·1 min read

Red Funnel cancel more sailings following earlier fog incident

The Red Eagle has been withdrawn from service to enable the preliminary investigation to be concluded, so Red Funnel have announced a series of cancellations on the East Cowes route.

21, October 2018·2 min read

Red Funnel ferry involved (again) in yacht collision

In a matter of weeks the Red Funnel ferry has once collided with yachts during thick fog. Sparking a search & rescue mission.

22, October 2018·1 min read

Red Funnel suspend Captain and Mate following collision with yachts (updated)

The Isle of Wight ferry company confirm they have suspended the Captain and his Mate following the second collision in East Cowes with yachts in the last few weeks.

30, October 2018·1 min read

Ferry company buy land to reinstate car park (updated)

The former car park will be reinstated. The company say they do not plan to build on it.

12, November 2018·3 min read

‘Lift the Lid’ reveals artist commissions

A project aimed at encouraging residents to find out more about the arts and culture on the Isle of Wight announces their public artist commission for Newport, East Cowes and Totland.

13, November 2018·1 min read

Ferry companies claim reliable services in reply to MP’s questions

The MP says he's pleased the operators are taking responsibility for incidents seriously and that they understand passengers’ frustrations and anger over what's happened over last few months.

27, November 2018·1 min read

Red Funnel experiencing delays due to thick fog in Solent (updated)

Watch out for cross-Solent delays as dense fog affects Red Funnel services from East and West Cowes.

29, November 2018·2 min read

Island Labour pass motion seeking to nationalise Isle of Wight ferries

Island Labour have agreed a motion to seek commitment from the Labour Party that they would adopt the policy of returning the ferry companies to public ownership as part of the programme of bringing the railway system back into public ownership.

7, January 2019·1 min read

Work to reinstate town car park well underway, says councillor

The local councillor says this development is "a positive step forwards" and that "by opening up the area, it will change the look and feel of our town comparatively".

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