News and Updates

We would like to advise, MV Graemsay will be on annual refit from Saturday 4th to Sunday 19h April.

During this time, we have chartered Northerly Marine Services MV Northerly Explorer.

To increase capacity, we have added additional sailings, these are on request and must be booked online or through the office at least one hour before departure from Stromness.

Additional sailing times can be seen on our Graemsay refit timetable available on our website.

Larger freight items for cargo sailings will be on request, and will need to be booked through the office.

We regret to inform passengers that there will be a delay in return of the Nordic Sea from refit.

Updates will be provided as soon as they are available.

All sailings from 28^th March to 10th April currently have been cancelled.

For the latest updates, head to our website or social media feeds.

We would like to advise customers that the Nordic Sea timetables to Eday, Sanday and Stronsay from 28th March to 2nd May have now been released.

There are some changes to the timetable, and these can be viewed on our website at orkneyferries.co.uk/timetables

We would like to advise passengers that the 07:20 Westray service on Saturday 2nd May will operate to the following schedule.

Depart Kirkwall 06:40

Arrive Westray 08:05

Depart Westray 08:15

Arrive Kirkwall 09:40

This is to accommodate Westray rugby players attending Rugby Sevens in Kirkwall.

All affected passengers have been contacted.

We are happy to announce that our summer timetables from the 3rd May – 27th September 2026 are now open for bookings through our offices or online booking system.

We are happy to announce that our summer timetables from the 3rd May – 27th September 2026 are now open for bookings through our offices or online booking system.

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.

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

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