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31st March 2016

Damaged Fastferry Remains Out of Action Until Sunday

Damage caused during collision at harbour wall, Douglas was to a much smaller area, but the Steam Packet team cut away damaged areas ready for new plates to be welded to the hull.

#RepairDelays - The damaged Isle of Man Steam Packet fastferry Manannan has not returned to service as planned this morning - and will remain out of action until Sunday at the earliest.

According to IOM Today, the fastferry is to remain in dry dock at Cammel Laird’s shipyard in Birkenhead undergoing repairs after crashing into Victoria Pier in Douglas a week ago.

A statement from the company isued this morning said: ‘The Steam Packet Company regrets that Manannan will not be able to return to service today as planned.

‘Unfortunately we have been unable to finish the work within the compressed timetable after getting into dock 24 hours later than expected due to the previous ship in there over-running.

‘Due to low tide heights over the next few days the first available un-docking tide is 7am on Sunday, April 3.

‘The Steam Packet Company would like to apologise for the ongoing inconvenience to passengers , we are working on alternative sailing arrangements and will issue an update later this morning. We would ask that passengers do not call until the alternative arrangements are announced later.’

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