Category: Manxman

Manxman heads to dry dock

It is great to be working with Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders Limited as Manxman heads into dry dock today. Manxman is required to be dry docked at least twice in every five year survey cycle. In non-docking years, an annual dive inspection of the underwater hull and equipment is required. The dry docking involves […]

Manxman Celebration Cruise is great success

It was a great pleasure to welcome local businesses, producers, charitable organisations and other community stalwarts on board our flagship Manxman over the weekend in a celebration of all things Manx to coincide with the first anniversary of its entry into service. The ‘Manxman Celebration Cruise’, which took place on Sunday, September 15th, saw over […]

An officer uses binoculars to scan the horizon from the bridge of Manxman, the flagship RoPax ferry of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company

Engineering and deck cadets get a taste of running flagship Manxman

Our flagship Manxman played host to cadets and lecturers from Fleetwood Nautical Campus, one of the UK’s top nautical institutions, to give the budding seafarers a real world experience of the day-to-day running of the Isle of Man’s lifeline ferry service. Nineteen engineering and deck cadets, some of whom had never been on a ship […]

Manxman at sea in choppy conditions

Manxman recognised with major international award

We are very proud to share the news that our flagship Manxman has won a prestigious accolade at the Shippax Awards, a global ferry awards which recognises innovation and design on newly-delivered ferries. Manxman won the ‘Shippax Ro-Pax Award 2024’, being recognised as the best and most innovative Ro-Pax (roll-on/roll off freight and passenger ferry) […]