Changes have been made to sailings scheduled over the next few days between Douglas and Heysham due to silt building up in Douglas Harbour and extreme low tides.

The Steam Packet has a revised timetable which will see a number of adjustments.

These include the fast craft Manannan operating two daytime sailings tomorrow (Wednesday), Thursday and Friday in place of the Ben-my-Chree.

Manannan will depart Douglas at 9.30am and return from Heysham at 2.15am on all three days.

Chief executive Mark Woodward said: ‘By making these adjustments, we aim to avoid causing considerable disruption over the coming days.

‘Passengers on the affected sailings will be contacted by our Reservations Team. We will also keep passengers advised if any further changes are required.’

The revised schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, March 30 - Douglas to Heysham 7:45pm – this sailing will now depart at 10pm.

Wednesday, March 30 - Heysham to Douglas 2.15am – this sailing will now depart at 5am.

Douglas to Heysham 8.45am – rescheduled to depart at 9.30am and will now be undertaken by Manannan.

Heysham to Douglas 2.15pm – this sailing will depart as scheduled and will be undertaken by Manannan.

Douglas to Heysham 7.45pm – rescheduled to depart at 6.30pm.

Thursday, April 1 - Heysham to Douglas 2.15am – this sailing will depart as scheduled.

Douglas to Heysham 8.45am – rescheduled to depart at 9.30am and will now be undertaken by Manannan.

Heysham to Douglas 2.15pm – this sailing will depart as scheduled and will be undertaken by Manannan.

Douglas to Heysham 7.45pm – rescheduled to depart at 7.15pm.

Good Friday, April 2 - Heysham to Douglas 2.15am – this sailing will depart as scheduled.

Douglas to Heysham 8.45am – rescheduled to depart at 9.30am and will now be undertaken by Manannan.

Heysham to Douglas 2.15pm – this sailing will depart as scheduled andwill be undertaken by Manannan.

Douglas to Heysham 7.45pm – this sailing will depart as scheduled.

Easter Saturday, April 3 - Heysham to Douglas 2.15am – this sailing will depart as scheduled.

Douglas to Heysham 8.45am – rescheduled to depart at 8am.

Heysham to Douglas 2.15pm – this sailing will depart as scheduled.