Cross-Solent travel operator Red Funnel has announced that its vehicle ferries will both arrive and depart from a different port in Southampton across 10 days in March.
This temporary change in operation is necessary to enable essential maintenance of shore infrastructure. The work at Terminal 1 pertains to the maintenance of 1 of Red Funnel’s mooring dolphins, which upon routine inspection was found to have endured steel loss resulting from corrosion. The dolphins play a vital role in allowing the ferries to moor alongside in the terminal, effectively keeping the vessels in place while passengers and vehicles embark and disembark.
Passengers in vehicles will need to arrive and depart Berth 25, which is around 5 minutes away from the usual Town Quay terminal.
The dates and times for the scheduled March works are:
- Sunday 5th March from 00:01 until Friday 10th March at 02:00
- Sunday 19th March from 00:01 until Friday 24th March at 02:00
Leanna Lakes, Operations Director at Red Funnel, said:
“We heavily invest in regular inspections, maintenance, and improvements across our vessels and shore infrastructure. The works we’re undertaking are necessary to ensure that vessels can moor safely alongside in Southampton.
“The nature of the work requires underwater dive teams which means we will need to ensure no vessels are operating in the area at the same time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause our passengers who are travelling with us during this time. We’ll be signposting this information across all our communication channels.”
Red Funnel will be contacting customers to advise of the temporary change to operations, including advising all vehicle traffic departing Southampton to proceed directly to Berth 25. Foot passengers should continue to arrive at Terminal 1, Southampton, where transport to Berth 25 will be provided.
For more information, travel advice and maps, visit Red Funnel’s dedicated ‘March Works’ page at https://www.redfunnel.co.uk/marchworks.
“We heavily invest in regular inspections, maintenance, and improvements across our vessels”
HaHaHa. So why are they always breaking down? Red Jet 7 still running on 3 engines. This has been the case for months. Red Eagle still in Falmouth after failing annual inspection. Shall I go on?
Do we really care no….so shhhhh
Yeah, I care because I commute to the Mainland every day. So, you shut up, idiot
Your stupid then.
It’s You’re, Stupid. Grow up.
I was unfortunate enough to have to use one of their ferries a week ago for a day on the mainland. The gents toilets absolutely stank due to all the urinals leaking on to the floor. All the crew did was throw reams and reams of paper hand towels on the floor in a vain attempt to soak the mess up, which had no effect whatsoever. Yes, really great maintenance.
They do good bowls of chips on the ferry
Only when the deep fat fryers aren’t on fire…
If they are running!
Unless red eagle comes back into service after almost 3 months in Falmouth can’t see a summer timetable coming in on time as the other 2 boats need a spell of downtime
i see the old mulberry harbour ramp is still there nearly eighty years later
I expect the broken down ferry will be as well.