Red Funnel has announced its regular annual servicing schedule for 2022, to ensure its vessels are fully equipped for the forecasted busy summer months.
Red Osprey started her refit programme in the early stages of January and will be in maintenance through to mid-February. Red Eagle is due to start her annual maintenance in mid-February until the end of March. Later in April and May, Red Eagle will be out of service to change its Voith unit propeller – which is due to take place in Southampton.
Red Falcon is due to undergo her annual refit in November until mid-December and Red Kestrel – the commercial vessel – is due to start her refit in December, until the beginning of January 2023.
Throughout all annual refits, Red Funnel will be working hard to maintain its usual services and timetables to ensure customers experience minimal disruption.
As part of the annual works, Red Funnel will also be completing renovations of its on-board lifts to enable a more pleasant and accessible journey for customers – replacing all elevator doors on A, B, C and D deck of Red Falcon, Red Osprey and Red Eagle.
Other works will include hull cleaning, tank inspections, chipping, priming and painting the external decks, as well as undertaking hull and machinery surveys.
Leanna Lakes, Operations Director at Red Funnel, has said:
“Every year we invest heavily into regular maintenance and improvements to our vessels, with the aim to provide customers with a reliable and safe service. To help align our vessels with the ever-changing weather and service conditions, each of our vessels now undergo a full annual service, ensuring we are ready to welcome passengers during the busy months ahead.”
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And cleaning to I hope. The seats on these ferries look disgusting, and I don’t think a clean would be enough, all very well having lifts that work, but if people look at the seats and think “eeew” what’s the point. Try cleaning.
Ha, Ha, Ha. Sounds like a preparation for more cancellations.
The lifts working would certainly be a novelty, but I won’t be holding my breath. A general deep clean wouldn’t go amiss either.
It seems to me it’s not about fixing the hill and machinery all there breakdowns come from tired engines maybe time to totally replace them red falcon has had lots of crank problems