News and Updates

We would like to advise passengers that all remaining afternoon sailings between Papa Westray & Pierowall will go ahead as scheduled.

All sailings between Papa Westray & Pierowall on Monday 26^th January are under review.

This is due to forecasted weather and tidal conditions.

A decision will be made tomorrow morning in receipt of the latest forecasts.

We would like to advise passengers that the 14:30 Nordic Sea departure and subsequent returns on Monday 26th January are under review.

This is due to forecasted weather and tidal conditions.

Updates will be provided on receipt of the latest forecasts.

For more information, please visit our website and social media channels.

Current forecasts indicate that disruption to services may continue into next week due to wind speed and direction.

Please see our website and social media channels for all information related to disruption to sailings over the coming week.

We would like to advise customers there has been a change to the replacement flight for cargo.

The planned 12.30 replacement charter flight has been cancelled.

The goods will now be transported on the scheduled flight departing Kirkwall at 13.45.

We regret that there will be disruption to the Pierowall to Papa Westray sailings on Sunday.

The following sailings will be attempted, subject to being able to berth safely on arrival.

• Dep Pierowall 1315
• Arr Papa Westray 1340
• Dep Papa Westray 1350
• Arr Pierowall 1415

• Dep Pierowall 1515
• Arr Papa Westray 1540
• Dep Papa Westray 1550
• Arr Pierowall 1615

The remaining sailings are under review.

This is due to the current sea and forecast weather conditions.

We would like to advise passengers that all sailings to & from Moaness on Sunday 25th & Monday 26th of January are under review.

This is due to continued forecasted adverse weather conditions.

Attempts to berth at Moaness will be made but not guaranteed.

Updates will be provided when available.

We would like to advise passengers of an anticipated delay to the middle Sanday and Eday sailings from and to Kirkwall on Monday 26th January.

The 12:05 arrival to Sanday, the 12:35 arrival to Eday, and their subsequent arrivals into Kirkwall will be delayed by up to 30 minutes.

This is to enable an additional call to Eday at the start of the sailing for an essential fuel delivery.

We ask customers to be available to board for the usual departure times to help the crew complete the route as swiftly as possible and minimise the delay.

We would like to advise passengers that the Nordic Sea service capacity will be reduced to 12 passenger spaces on Monday 26th January

This is due to a requirement to move Nordic Sea crew to cover absence on other vessels.

Anyone wishing to use the service is encouraged to book to avoid disappointment.

For more information, please visit our website and social media channels.

We would like to advise that the Nordic Sea will be providing a foot passenger service to Eday Sanday and Stronsay over the winter months.

The timetable is available here or in our Kirkwall Office, and can be booked online or over the phone.

This service will run from Monday 29th December - Saturday 31st January*.

*Please note that the service does not run on the 1st or 2nd January

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

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