Night sailings yet again cancelled

On its website this afternoon, the Steam Packet announced that both the 7.45 and 2.15am crossings have been scrapped because of conditions at sea.

A series of cancellations caused a mass shortage of fresh supplies to certain supermarkets here which rely on produce from the UK.

Empty shelves could be seen throughout Tesco and Marks and Spencer.

A number of pharmacies also had to ration medication and prescriptions because of a lack of pharmaceutical deliveries.

In a report published last week, Infrastructure Minister David Cretney confirmed that repairs to the Ben-my-Chree can’t be carried out until the ship is dry-docked in April.

The ship sustained damaged to its bow thruster which had to be removed earlier in the year after ingesting debris.