monasqueen Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Passengers getting letters in the post to explain the overhaul has been cancelled.This is due to the SP not being able to find a suitable freight vessel. Penciled in for new dates in April - yet to be confirmed. didn't they look on the beach at Blackpool? Never a truer word... yet... Laura Howland, on Manx Radio this morning, when asked whether Riverdance was the intended charter vessel, said "No".... Perhaps it was going to be the sister ship, Moondance, instead Riverdance would be a good wreck for them to buy and do up, like Sea Express 1/Snaefell, then they'd have a spare freighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 STOP THE PRESS BMC Overhaul now booked for the last week of May - First week of June. A SPCo spokesman said, "using this time will minimise delays and ensure no travels plans are upset - and confirms our dedication to providng an Island Lifeline" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triskelion Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Beginning of June, reminder me when the TT starts someone. Hopefully it won't matter and they'll have a replacement ship chartered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triskelion Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Surely the motivation for chartering it then would be that this was the earliest they could charter a suitable vessel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alias Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Beginning of June, reminder me when the TT starts someone. He was joking. This is how rumours start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevnhil Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 STOP THE PRESSBMC Overhaul now booked for the last week of May - First week of June. A SPCo spokesman said, "using this time will minimise delays and ensure no travels plans are upset - and confirms our dedication to providng an Island Lifeline" Hi all. I can't find this on the Steampacket website. Anyone know where it originates from?? Regards. Trev.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Hi all. I can't find this on the Steampacket website. Anyone know where it originates from?? I think x-in-man was joking - it looks as though the overhaul is going to be 2 weeks in April, subject to further confirmation, and information being forthcoming from Steam Packet - at least that is what a bit of fishing through the booking computer seems to show. They've still got to find "a suitable freighter" to cover Ben, (I doubt if Riverdance will be repaired by then )though at least (we hope) the fast craft can cope with the passengers and cars at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingRaider Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 STOP THE PRESSBMC Overhaul now booked for the last week of May - First week of June. A SPCo spokesman said, "using this time will minimise delays and ensure no travels plans are upset - and confirms our dedication to providng an Island Lifeline" Naughty, naughty ... musn't post joke press releases on here ... might encourage the SPCO's lawyers to ask for them to be removed in case someone might possibly believe they were real. No ... they wouldn't possibly do that would they ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"V" Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 This stinks of bad management. The overhaul of the Ben my Chree is a preset event, i.e. it needs to be done before her certificates run out. The dates were set when the last overhaul was finished. So any prudent company would pre-book a charter vessel and the dock space for the overhaul well in advance to ensure that there is no problems with service; but no the IOMSP once again is scrambling round at the last minute looking for ships. If they had chartered the Riverdance or Moondance they they have an excuse - but I don't think this is the case. I would have thought they would had learned their lesson after the TT charter problems last year. This situation was forseen by a number of people when the winter timetable was published - it a knock on problem of running a shipping business with only one (year round) vessel. Does anyone know when the BMC certificates run out? Are we in danger of having a vessel that isn't certified as "seaworthy" if they can't find a vessel for early April? I know people were joking above about the TT but early April is only 6 weeks-ish to the TT any if her certs are only valid until say May we have a major issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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