Manannan is to be fixed ahead of schedule

Friday, 25 July 2014 09:00

Work to repair Manannan's broken engine will be done overnight whilst she's in dock in an effort to get the vessel fixed ahead of schedule.

Yesterday, the Steam Packet announced it was bringing the work forward to have the boat running on full-power before the Festival of Motorcycling.

One of the four engines is broken - chief executive Mark Woodward says the process has already started:

Passengers are currently experiencing delays of around 20-minutes - Mark says they're being fully kept in the loop:

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