A collision between a tug and the Ben-my-Chree in Heysham port at lunchtime has been played down by the Steam Packet's chief executive.
A Manx Radio listener contacted us this afternoon (Tuesday) to say they'd seen the incident, which he said resulted in some damage to the tug.
Mark Woodward has given Manx Radio this clarification of what happened:

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