Ben-my-Cree out of action until Wednesday

The Ben-my-Chree won’t sail again until at least Wednesday after suffering steering failure.

The Steam Packet Company is apologising to passengers after being forced to cancel all of today’s sailings.

Engineers say the fault lies within the hydraulic actuator and is due to the seals failing – this part was fully serviced at the last major overhaul of the vessel.

A new unit has been located and this will be flown to the Island as soon as possible – once received it’s expected to take 36-hours to fit.

In the meantime MV Arrow will carry out freight services and Manannan is being drafted in to cover the Heysham sailings – albeit to a different timetable.

Any affected passengers have been asked to contact the reservations team for more information.