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Fast craft back to full speed after engine issue

Manx Scenes The Manannan fast craft ferry sailing on calm blue waters. The vessel is painted in the Steam Packet livery of red, black and white and has Steam-Packet.com on the side in large white lettering.Manx Scenes
The Manannan travels between the island and Liverpool, Belfast, and Dublin

Sailings of the Manx fast craft ferry are back to normal after an issue with one of its engines caused an increase in journey times.

Manannan restarted its routes to Liverpool, Belfast, and Dublin for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company last week.

However a problem was detected with the control systems of one of its four main engines on Saturday, leading to it being shut down on safety grounds.

The firm said the vessel had been operating "safely" on three engines but the journey times were "slightly slower than usual".

Passengers had faced delays of about an hour while the vessel was operating on a reduced number of engine.

A spokesman for the Steam Packet confirmed the Manannan had now returned to using all four of its engines.

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