Manxman’s spell in dry dock will include work to reduce how much the ship vibrates.
Earlier this year engineers from the Korean shipyard which built the flagship carried out vibration monitoring in some public areas of the vessel.
Responding to a Tynwald question from Chris Thomas, Treasury Minister Dr Alex Allinson said these tests confirmed that Manxman “complies with Passenger Crew Accommodation Comfort (PCAC) regulations which is normally only applied to cruise vessels, but IOMSPC have applied this to the Manxman”.
He added: “However, it has been identified that improvements can be made, which is being followed up to increase comfort in further. Any costs incurred by the improvement work will be claimed under the warranty.”
Dry Dock
During her spell in dry dock, Manxman will also have work done to repair the damage she suffered in her ollision (remember when we all were using that fancy word?) in Heysham.
Dr Allinson said: “The Manxman is scheduled to carry out a short docking in Birkenhead at the beginning of October 2024 to complete a number of warranty tasks, including reinforcement of the ships structure in way of the bow thrusters, installation of additional structural stiffening to reduce vibrations during manoeuvring, repair to deck coverings on outside decks and to allow inspection of the underwater hull, paint and appendages.
“Builder’s Quality control and warranty team representatives will attend this docking, along with representatives of IOMSPc and their consultant Naval Architects and paint manufacturers’ representatives.”
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