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BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Generator failure leads to Isle of Man ferry cancellations
The failure of a generator on an Isle of Man ferry has resulted in disruption to passenger Isle of Man Steam Packet Company said a "significant technical issue" had led to Manannan's scheduled crossings to and from Liverpool on Sunday being ferry firm said despite the best efforts of crew and engineers, more time was required to resolve the issue, which meant Monday's journeys had also been had been transferred to Manxman where possible, with coaches providing a transfer between Liverpool and Heysham. The island's back up vessel, the Ben-my-Chree, has been brought into action to for freight services to Heysham to free up passenger capacity on sailings by the a statement, the Steam Packet confirmed the generator failure would need "significant maintenance and testing" before it can return to for the disruption, managing director Brian Thomson said the firm was "working hard to get things back on track as soon as we can".The Steam Packet said an update on Tuesday's sailings to Dublin and Liverpool would be issued later. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
09-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Isle of Man TT: More than 39,000 travel to island by ferry
The number of passengers travelling to the Isle of Man by ferry during the TT period rose 5% on the pervious year, the operator has Isle of Man Steam Packet Company said 39,400 people came to the island on its vessels, the highest number since the centenary of the event in 2007, which attracted 47,000 addition to passenger services by the Manannan and Manxman, the government-owned ferry firm operated its reserve vessel Ben-my-Chree for freight during the director Brian Thomson said it was a "great result" for the firm and the wider island economy. He said the firm had worked "closely with the organisers, teams, marshals and more to help make the event successful" and would continue to do so in year the firm had carried 37,800 passengers during the period, which itself was the highest number since the event's firm previously said a rise in passengers had been enabled by the increased capacity of the Manxman, which stands at 948 passenger, which was 300 more than the previous flagship vessel the Ben-my-Chree could firm's schedule for the event, which this year has ran from 31 May to 7 June, continues until 12 June to return visitors home. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
02-06-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Isle of Man ferry sailings brought forward due to gales
A number of ferry sailings have been brought forward ahead of forecasted gale force winds Isle of Man Steam Packet Company said sailings between Douglas and Liverpool and Lancashire had been Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning from 21:00 until 04:00 BST with wind speeds forecasted to go up to 55mph (88.5km/h).Ferry firm managing director Brian Thomson said with thousands of TT fans due to travel, the firm could not "take the risk" of potential cancellations, which would have "serious knock on effects". He said while the firm appreciated leaving early was "the last thing" TT visitors would want to do, the changes would make sure as many people as possible "get to where they need to go", he added. The changes saw the Manannan's Monday afternoon crossing to Liverpool pulled forward to 05:00 BST, with the 18:15 return to Douglas moved to 09: fast craft Manannan's planned 22:45 journey to Liverpool is now set to leave at 13:45, with Tuesday's 02:45 overnight return brought forward to 17:45 on incoming weather conditions also led to the Manxman's 08:45 sailing on Monday departing 30 minutes early, with the 14:15 return now scheduled for 13:00. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
30-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Weekend Isle of Man fast craft sailings to run two hours late
Passengers travelling on the Isle of Man's fast craft have been warned all of its of the weekend's sailings will all be with a two hour of the Manannan between Douglas and Liverpool, Heysham and Belfast have will all set off later than originally scheduled until Sunday. The Isle of Man Steam Packet said the changes were due to time lost in recent days because of adverse sea conditions and increasing turnaround times in ferry operator said the changes do not impact Manxman's sailings and passengers scheduled to travel on the Manannan had been contacted. It follows delays to Friday morning's Manannan sailings due to weather routing. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
30-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Delays to Isle of Man fast craft ferry due sea conditions
Sailings of the fast craft ferry between the Isle of Man and Lancashire and Liverpool have been delayed due to the overnight sea 07:15 BST sailing of the Manannan to Heysham was delayed by about two and a half hours following it late departure from Liverpool in the early were told the delay was due to weather routing for the due to travel on the fast craft were offered the option of transferring to the Manxman's 08:45 sailing to Heysham instead. Tens of thousands of visiting motorcycle fans are set to travel to and from the island via ferries during the Isle of Man TT wholesaler G E White Ltd warned that arrival of newspapers had delayed by about three hours, and arrived at about 09:00, due to a docking issue for the Isle of Man Steam Packet's backup vessel is being used for freight journeys throughout the TT fortnight. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
