Manannan to be fixed before Festival of Motorcycling

Fri, 25 Jul 2014

The Manannan

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.

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