PEI·NewThe ferry service between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia has been disrupted again on Monday.3 crossings departing from Wood Islands cancelled so farThinh Nguyen · CBC News · Posted: Jun 30, 2025 11:08 AM EDT | Last Updated: 23 minutes agoDue to ongoing technical issues aboard the MV Confederation, four ferry crossings scheduled for Monday morning between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia were cancelled. (Stacey Janzer/CBC)The ferry service between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia has been disrupted again on Monday.Northumberland Ferries Ltd. cancelled the 7 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. crossings from Wood Islands, P.E.I., due to technical issues. In a followup notice posted to its website, the company also cancelled the 10 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. sailings from the Island to Caribou, N.S., due to ongoing technical issues aboard the MV Confederation.This follows service disruptions last week, when multiple sailings were cancelled due to what the company called “unusually low tides” in the Northumberland Strait. NFL typically operates eight crossings a day with both the MV Confederation and the MV Northumberland in service.This is the first season the latter vessel — previously the 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.
Technical issues cancel multiple N.S.-P.E.I. ferry crossings Monday
