PEIThe ferry service between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia was disrupted again on Monday, with all Northumberland Ferries runs off in the morning and only scaled-back crossings in the afternoon and evening.MV Northumberland was able to take on cars starting with 1:30 p.m. trip from CaribouThinh Nguyen · CBC News · Posted: Jun 30, 2025 11:08 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoBoth Northumberland Ferries vessels are seen at Wood Islands on Monday. The Confederation, at right, was not able to make any crossings all day. (Ken Linton/CBC)The ferry service between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia was disrupted again on Monday, with all Northumberland Ferries runs cancelled in the morning and only scaled-back crossings offered in the afternoon and evening. 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, but service began from Caribou shortly after that time.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 with MV Northumberland, adding that the same ship 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.The company later confimed there would be no Confederation departures for the rest of the day. This follows service disruptions last week, when multiple sailings were cancelled due to what the company called “unusually low tides” in the Northumberland Strait. Due to what Northumberland Ferries called ‘technical issues’ aboard MV Confederation, a number of ferry crossings scheduled for Monday between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia were cancelled. In this file photo, the Confederation is shown with visible hull damage from a 2024 collision with the dock. (Stacey Janzer/CBC)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.
Some N.S.-P.E.I. crossings resume after technical issues with MV Confederation
