N.S.-P.E.I. crossings resuming after technical issues with MV Confederation Monday morning

PEIThe ferry service between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia was disrupted again on Monday morning, with Northumberland Ferries saying crossings would start to resume with the 1:30 p.m. sailing from Caribou.Crossings began to resume early afternoon, starting with 1:30 p.m. sailing from CaribouThinh Nguyen · CBC News · Posted: Jun 30, 2025 11:08 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour agoDue to what Northumberland Ferries called ‘technical issues’ aboard MV Confederation, a number of ferry crossings scheduled for Monday between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia were cancelled. (Stacey Janzer/CBC)The ferry service between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia was disrupted again on Monday, with Northumberland Ferries saying crossings would start to resume with the 1:30 p.m. sailing from Caribou.The company cancelled the 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. crossings from both Wood Islands, P.E.I., and Caribou, N.S. The 1:30 p.m. sailing from Wood Islands also did not operate.In a notice posted to social media Monday morning, the company cited “ongoing technical issues aboard MV Confederation.”A mid-afternoon update said the 1:30 p.m. sailing from Caribou was underway, adding that MV Northumberland would handle the 3:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. crossings from Wood Islands as well as the 5 p.m. sailing from Caribou. “MV Confederation’s 1:30 departure from Wood Islands was cancelled,” the social media post said. “We will continue to provide updates.”This follows service disruptions last week, when multiple sailings were cancelled due to what the company called “unusually low tides” in the Northumberland Strait. At this time of year, NFL typically operates 16 one-way crossings a day with both MV Confederation and MV Northumberland in service.This is the first season the latter vessel — previously MV Fanafjord — is on the water.The federal government purchased the vehicle and passenger ferry from its Norwegian owner for $43 million in 2023 as a replacement for the Holiday Island, which had to be scrapped after a fire in the summer of 2022.The only other option for crossing between Prince Edward Island and the mainland by vehicle is the Confederation Bridge, which connects western P.E.I. and New Brunswick.