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Marine Surveyors from the UK have confirmed that Steam Packet Company proposals for repair of the damage to Manannan are acceptable. This will necessitate a short period of dry docking in order to properly effect repairs.

Manannan will sail to Birkenhead during the early hours of Monday 28^th March and work will be carried out in the Cammell Laird shipyard. The repairs are expected to be completed in time for Manannan to take up her scheduled 07:00 sailing to Belfast on Wednesday 30^th March.
 
MV Arrow started sailings on Friday, which released passenger and vehicle capacity on Ben-my-Chree; employing additional crew has allowed her to operate on maximum passenger capacity throughout this period.
 
Chief Executive Mark Woodward said:

‘This has been a very trying period for all of our booked passengers and we would like to thank them for their patience and understanding. I would also like to thank our crew and staff who, at times, have had to work under difficult circumstances and in many cases have also had to sacrifice their own holiday plans and family commitments.
 
‘The repairs to Manannan will allow her to resume her planned schedule from Wednesday morning and the information below details the arrangements for passengers booked in the next few days.’
 
Sailings to and from Ireland:
 
Regrettably, with the loss of Manannan, and there being no suitable alternative vessels available, we are unable to operate a sailing to Ireland before Wednesday 30^th March. This means we have had to cancel the Dublin sailings on Sunday 27^th March. We currently have a sailing of Manannan to Belfast scheduled at 07:00 on Wednesday 30^th March; should the repairs to Manannan take longer than planned, the contingency plan is to operate a sailing to Belfast with Ben-my-Chree. This would depart at 19:30 with the return departing Belfast at 01:00 Thursday 31^st March.
 
Sailings to and from Liverpool Saturday 26^th March and Sunday 27^th March:
 
Saturday 26^th March:
 
Passengers and vehicles booked on Douglas to Liverpool at 07:30 & 15:00 have been automatically transferred to the Douglas to Heysham sailing at 19:45.
 
Passengers and vehicles booked on Liverpool to Douglas at 11:15 & 19:15 have been automatically transferred to the Heysham to Douglas sailing at 02:15 Sunday 27^th March.
 
You do not need to make contact with us to confirm these arrangements unless you wish to transfer to other sailings. In order to check-in, please present your original booking confirmation/reference number.
 
Sunday 27^th March:
 
Passengers and vehicles booked on Douglas to Liverpool at 15:00 have been automatically transferred to the Douglas to Heysham sailing at 08:45.
 
Passengers and vehicles booked on Liverpool to Douglas at 19:15 have been automatically transferred to the Heysham to Douglas sailing at 14:15.
 
You do not need to make contact with us to confirm these arrangements unless you wish to transfer to other sailings. In order to check-in, please present your original booking confirmation/reference number.
 
Sailings to and from Liverpool Monday 28^th March and Tuesday 29^th March:
 
Monday 28^th March:
 
Passengers booked on the 07:30 and 15:00 sailings to Liverpool plus the 11:15 and 1915 sailings from Liverpool should contact our Call Centre on 08722 922 992 or 01624 661661 to discuss available alternatives.
 
If you have an online account the best way to check for alternative sailing options is to log in to your online account, access your booking and use the ‘amend’ function.
 
Tuesday 29^th March
 
Passengers and vehicles booked on Douglas to Liverpool at 07:30 & 15:00 have been automatically transferred to the Douglas to Heysham sailing at 19:45.
 
Passengers and vehicles booked on Liverpool to Douglas at 11:15 & 19:15 have been automatically transferred to the Heysham to Douglas sailing at 02:15 Wednesday 30^th March.
 
You do not need to make contact with us to confirm these arrangements unless you wish to transfer to other sailings. In order to check-in, please present your original booking confirmation/reference number.
 
Sailings from Wednesday 30^th March will operate as originally scheduled.
 
Coach transfers for foot passengers:
 
Coaches will be available to transfer foot passengers between Liverpool and Heysham as follows:
 
Depart Liverpool Terminal 11:00 for the 14:15 Heysham departure
Depart Liverpool Terminal 20:30 for the 02:15 Heysham departure
Depart Heysham on arrival of Ben-my-Chree – journey time is expected to be approximately 90 minutes.
 
Notice for online account holders on disrupted Manannan sailings:
 
The best way to check for alternative sailing options is to log in to your online account, access your booking and use the ‘amend’ function.
 
A further update will be provided should any of the above plans change.