Tag: Manannan
Book now for discount on Round-the-Island cruise!
Tickets are now on sale for the 2013 Round-the-Island cruise offered by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Manannan will host the cruise on Sunday, April 7th, and a £5 discount is being offered on all bookings made before March 31st. Manannan will depart Douglas at 11.00am for a cruise of around two hours, [...]
Manannan returns for start of fast craft season
Manannan returns to service on Friday, March 22 to launch the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company’s spring fast craft schedule. Her first sailing of the season will be the 07.30 to Liverpool, with a return sailing at 11.15. Manannan will primarily service the Liverpool, Belfast and Dublin routes through to the end of the [...]
Steam Packet Passengers generous donations for MGP Helicopter Fund Collection
Steam Packet Company passengers have raised a fantastic £5,472.13 for the Manx Grand Prix Helicopter Fund. The annual collection is carried out by crew members from the Ben-my-Chree and the Manannan during the Manx Grand Prix period, and the team is keen to express their thanks to passengers for their donations towards the 2012 collection. [...]
FERRY PASSENGERS SUPPORT VITAL RACE CHARITY
Isle of Man Steam Packet Company passengers visiting the Island for TT 2012 have raised £13,227 for essential medical and rescue equipment used around the Mountain course. Ben-my-Chree and Manannan crew members organised collections during the TT period with the donations collected going to the Rob Vine Fund (registered Charity No 954 (Isle of Man)). [...]
IRISH SUMMER SEASON UNDERWAY
The Steam Packet Company’s Isle of Man summer sailings to Belfast and Dublin are underway, with the 96-metre wave-piercing catamaran Manannan predominantly servicing both routes throughout the season. This is the third year in succession that Manannan has been scheduled and sailings will run throughout the summer until September 30. Marketing and Online Manager Renée [...]
MANANNAN’S ROUND-THE-ISLAND CRUISE
Tickets are on sale for Manannan’s annual round-the-Island cruise. The trip on Sunday, April 1 will depart Douglas at 1100, lasting for around two hours, and offers passengers the opportunity to view the spectacular Manx coastline from the sea. Tickets are priced at £21 for adults and £15 for children. ‘These cruises prove to be [...]
MANANNAN RETURN SIGNALS START OF FAST CRAFT SEASON
Manannan returns to service on Friday, March 23 to launch the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company’s spring fast craft schedule. Her first sailing of the season will be the 07.30 to Liverpool, with a return at 11.15. As she did last year, Manannan will primarily service the Liverpool, Belfast and Dublin routes through to [...]
BEN-MY-CHREE DRY DOCK OVERHAUL DATES CONFIRMED FOR MID-APRIL
Dry dock dates have been confirmed for Ben-my-Chree’s biennial statutory overhaul. The dry dock period was provisionally scheduled for March but this has now been confirmed for April 16 until May 5. A large capacity freighter has been chartered from Northlink Ferries for the dry dock period, while Manannan will cover all passenger and car [...]
FIRST ROUND-THE-ISLAND CRUISE OF 2011 THIS WEEKEND
Manannan will host the first round-the-Island cruise of 2011 this coming Sunday, May 1. Joining the cruise will be Olympic snowboarder Zoe Gillings, who is currently back on the Island working with Isle of Man Sport Aid. The Steam Packet Company works with Zoe to assist her with this and her other community projects. Manannan [...]
ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET COMPANY ENGINEERING UPDATE ON MANANNAN AND SNAEFELL
Further to the update of Wednesday 4th August, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company wishes to confirm that services will continue to operate to the schedule advised last week. Snaefell will continue to operate the Dublin and Belfast routes until early September. It has been decided that from Tuesday 7th September, when the schedule becomes [...]
