News and Updates

We would like to advise customers that MV Eynhallow is being taken out of service on Saturday 31st October and Sunday 1st November to complete essential maintenance

MV Toplander will operate the service all day Saturday until 14:10 Sunday. The MV Eynhallow is expected to be back in service from the 14:10 Rousay departure on Sunday 1ST.

Due to limited capacity on MV Toplander customers travelling with a vehicle are advised to book prior to travel.

To provide additional resilience the Nordic Sea will shadow MV Toplander to provide a foot passenger service.

Bookings for all sailings must be booked by calling our offices.

We regret to advise all scheduled MV Nordic Sea sailings between Eday, Sanday & Stronsay on Saturday 31st October - Sunday 1st November have been cancelled.

This is due to the vessel being re-routed to provide passenger resilience whilst carrying out essential maintenance on the MV Eynhallow for the Rousay, Egilsay & Wyre Route.

Orkney Ferries offers customers a way to receive disruption and cancellation messages to a smart phone or computer via Telegram.

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You can use Telegram on smartphones, tablets, and even computers. It’s very easy to use and only requires a name and mobile phone number to create an account.

To receive updates from please download the Telegram app from your app store, set up your account and then return to this page and select our unique link, which you can access by clicking here - Orkney Ferries Telegram Channel

Once on the channel you will be messaged with any updates on disruptions or cancellations in real time.

- Please note, Telegram is an internationally used social media site/app meaning users may be suspect to receiving spam messages from unknown accounts. When creating a profile to join our channel, be sure to set your Privacy and Security settings to limit Invites and Forwarded Messages.