Steam Packet carried 680,000 passengers last year

The Steam Packet Company says it carried more than 680,000 passengers on its vessels last year - up more than eight per cent on 2024's tally.

In an update on last year's sailings, it says its ferries travelled 136,448 miles over 2,144 sailings.

And it adds it maintained a reliability record of 97 per cent, despite some cancellations because of bad weather.

Over the last 12 months, it poured more than 20,400 pints of Manx beer and more than 70,000 litres of tea and coffee!