With Covid infection rates nationally climbing to their highest rate to date, News OnTheWight asked the Isle of Wight ferry companies about passengers remaining in vehicles. Here’s what Red Funnel and Wightlink said
Wightlink CEO says "As a private operator, we need to minimise our losses and not run services with insufficient demand especially after this difficult year"
With the new Covid-19 travel guidelines in place, Red Funnel anticipate a reduced demand in services and have cancelled several daily crossings. Details within
We asked each of the ferry companies what they were doing to detect and stop Tier 3 and 4 passengers coming to Tier 1 Isle of Wight. It’s interesting to see how they respond
Wightlink has issued a statement saying they ‘urge’ customers to follow Government regulations, after the weekend’s Covid updates. Changes to their timetables should be expected too, they say
Isle of Wight council leader, Dave Stewart, says, "People in Tier 4 must not travel to the Isle of Wight for non-essential reasons and must not stay away overnight"
The Assistant Chief Constable for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight says they will "not be preventing people from travelling from one area to another", but will enforce "blatant breaches"