Isle of Man Steam Packet Company - Autumn / Winter Liverpool Fast Craft Service Cancellations 2006

IoMSPCo - Fast Craft Service Cancellations 2006 - 2007
There are a number of shipping companies offering fast craft services on the Irish Sea, however, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is unusual in that it places a greater reliance on fast craft than other operators. Unlike these operators the company provides limited conventional ship back up on services to England and this usually requires a land detour (via Heysham) of around 70 miles for passengers travelling to and from Liverpool - the principal UK passenger port. There is no conventional ship back-up offered on routes to Ireland. The greater reliance on fast craft services results in adverse conditions on the Irish Sea exerting a disproportionate effect on IoMSPCo sailings to those provided by other operators. The effective monopoly granted by the Isle of Man Government through the Link Span User Agreement offers passengers a limited choice of options during periods of bad weather other than to reroute via Heysham if possible when travelling to the UK, fly or stay at home. As a consequence of this unique situation, Irish Sea Shipping recognises public interest in the reliability of services between The Isle of Man, the UK and Ireland and maintains this page for public information purposes only. The information recorded on this page does not imply any criticism on the part of Irish Sea Shipping - The Online Shipping Magazine nor should it be construed as such.
Cancellations and significant delays on Isle of Man Steam Packet Company fast craft sailings are recorded below. (BEN-MY-CHREE cancellations have also been included.) For Winter Cancellation Information 2005 - 06 - click here
From September 25, 2006 - SEA EXPRESS I
Date	Sailing	Status	Notes
September 25	07:30 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - Technical Problems	Passengers transferred to 08:45 Ben-My-Chree Douglas to Heysham
September 25	11:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - Technical Problems	Passengers transferred to 14:15 Ben-My-Chree Heysham to Douglas
September 25	14:30 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - Technical Problems	Passengers transferred to 19:45 Ben-My-Chree Douglas to Heysham
September 25	18:30 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - Technical Problems	Passengers transferred to 02:15 Ben-My-Chree Heysham to Douglas
September 27	14:30 Douglas - Belfast	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Sailing rescheduled to 06:30 on September 28
September 27	18:30 Belfast - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Sailing rescheduled to 10:30 on September 28
September 28	07:30 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled to facilitate Belfast sailing postponed from previous day	Passengers transferred to 08:45 Ben-My-Chree Douglas to Heysham
September 28	11:00 Liverpool - Douglas		Passengers transferred to 14:15 Ben-My-Chree Heysham to Douglas
October 26	08:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 08:45 Douglas to Heysham which departed late at 09:15
October 26	12:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 14:15 Heysham to Douglas
October 31	08:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 08:45 Douglas to Heysham
October 31	12:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 14:15 Heysham to Douglas
November 11	09:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse weather conditions	Passengers transferred to 08:45 Ben-My-Chree Heysham to Douglas
November 11	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse weather conditions	Passengers transferred to an additional sailing operated by the BEN-MY-CHREE from Heysham. The vessel had not been scheduled for an evening / morning sailing on November 11 / 12.
November 18	09:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse weather conditions	Passengers transferred to 08:45 Ben-My-Chree Heysham to Douglas. SE1 sailed light ship during the afternoon for Liverpool to operate the 19:00 to Douglas.
November 19	08:45 Douglas - Heysham BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - forecast adverse conditions.
November 19	14:15 Heysham - Douglas BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions
November 19	15:30 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions
November 19	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions
November 25	09:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse weather conditions	Passengers transferred to 08:45 BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
November 25	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse weather conditions	Passengers transferred to 02:15 Heysham - Douglas
December 01	08:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Delayed departure to 09:00 - adverse weather conditions
December 01	12:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Delayed depature to 13:00 - adverse weather conditions
December 02	09:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse weather conditions
December 02	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse weather conditions
*December 02*	*20:00 Heysham - Douglas* *BEN-MY-CHREE*	Cancelled - adverse conditions
*December 03*	*02:15 Douglas - Heysham* *BEN-MY-CHREE*	Cancelled - adverse conditions
*December 03*	08:45 Douglas - Heysham BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions.
December 03	14:15 Heysham - Douglas BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions
December 03	15:30 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 19:45 BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
December 03	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 02:15 Heysham - Douglas
December 10	15:30 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 19:45 BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
December 10	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 14:15 or 02:15 Heysham - Douglas
December 29	08:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 08:45 Douglas to Heysham
December 29	12:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 14:15 Heysham to Douglas
*December 31*	08:45 Douglas - Heysham BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions.
*December 31*	14:15 Heysham - Douglas BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions
January 01	15:30 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 19:45 BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
January 01	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 02:15 Heysham - Douglas
*January* 10	19:45 Douglas - Heysham BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions.
*January 11*	02:15 Heysham - Douglas BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions
*January* 11	08:45 Douglas - Heysham BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions.
*January* 11	14:45 Douglas - Heysham BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions.
January 12	08:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 08:45 BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
January 12	12:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 14:15 Heysham - Douglas
January 13	09:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 08:45 BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
January 13	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions	Passengers transferred to 14:15 Heysham - Douglas. No scheduled 02:15 sailing Sunday.
*January* 18	08:45 Douglas - Heysham BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions.
*January* 18	14:45 Douglas - Heysham BEN-MY-CHREE	Cancelled - adverse conditions.
January 20	09:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse weather conditions	Passengers transferred to 08:45 BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
January 20	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse weather conditions	Passengers transferred to 02:15 (Sunday) Heysham - Douglas
February 03	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to 02:15 (Sunday) Heysham - Douglas
February 04	15:30 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI
February 04	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI
February 09	08:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
February 09	12:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing from Heysham
February 10	09:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
February 10	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing from Heysham
February 11	15:30 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
February 11	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing from Heysham
February 16	08:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
February 16	12:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing from Heysham
February 17	09:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
February 17	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing from Heysham
February 18	15:30 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
February 18	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing from Heysham
February 23	08:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
February 23	12:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing from Heysham
February 24	09:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
February 24	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing from Heysham
February 25	15:30 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing to Heysham
February 25	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - collision damage to SEI	Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE sailing from Heysham
A new Douglas to Birkenhead service was operated on Saturdays and Sundays from March 03/04, 10/11, 17/18 by the BEN-MY-CHREEE As a consequence the 08:45 sailings Douglas to Heysham and 14:15 sailings Heysham to Douglas did not operate on Saturdays and Sundays.
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May 18	15:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions		Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE 19:45 to Heysham
May 18	19:00 Liverpool - Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions		Passengers transferred to BEN-MY-CHREE 20:15 Heysham
May 19	07:00 Douglas - Liverpool	Departure delayed until 08:50 due to adverse conditions Arrived Liverpool 13:37 after technical problems had reduced her to two engines.
May 19	11:15 Liverpool to Douglas	Departed 14:45 - 3.5 hours late!
May 19	17:45 Douglas to Liverpool	Arrived Liverpool 21:57 (scheduled 20:15)
May 19	21:15 Liverpool to Douglas	Departure delayed until 23.22
September 23	07:00 Douglas to Belfast	Cancelled - engine trouble
September 23	10:45 Belfast to Douglas	Cancelled - engine trouble
September 24	07:30 Douglas to Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions
September 24	11:15 Liverpool to Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions
September 24	15:00 Douglas to Liverpool	Cancelled - adverse conditions
September 24	19:00 Liverpool to Douglas	Cancelled - adverse conditions