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The Northern Isles ferry service was re-tendered in 2011/12 as NorthLink Ferries Limited's contract came to an end. Initially, the contract's two services (Aberdeen-Lerwick and Scrabster-Stromness) were to be de-bundled.
St Sunniva in Aberdeen, 1991 St Clair in Lerwick, 1994. They sailed from Aberdeen to Stromness and Lerwick, and from Scrabster to Stromness.. In keeping with the tradition of the company which preceded them on the route, their vessels were (with one or two exceptions) named after saints, such as the St Clair and the St Magnus.
The ferry was later used to transport the bodies of three of the crash victims to Aberdeen. [10] On 9 September 2013, a passenger went missing from the ship during a sailing from Lerwick to Aberdeen. No body was recovered despite a major air and sea search. [11] [12]
MV Hrossey and her sister ship, MV Hjaltland were cboth constructed in 2002 at Aker Finnyards in Finland. [1]In 2013 after Serco being awarded the NorthLink ferries contract MV Hrossey underwent several refurbishments as a part of its rebranding, including new “sleeping pods” and bold livery featuring a beckoning Viking.
Ferry service Notes Port of Aberdeen Aberdeen: Aberdeen Oil, Commercial, Cruise, Cargo, Renewables and Ferry Yes Largest and busiest port in Scotland Ardossan Harbour Ardrossan: North Ayrshire: Commercial Yes Sullom Voe Terminal: Sullom Voe: Shetland: Oil No Accepts largest vessels in world [2] Lerwick Harbour Lerwick: Shetland: Commercial ...
The Bressay Ferry, MV Leirna, at Lerwick. Services of the SIC Ferries are: [3] Bluemull service linking the North Isles at Gutcher, Yell; Belmont, Unst; and Hamars Ness, Fetlar. This is done in a triangular service, where one ferry mostly operates between Belmont and Gutcher, with a few trips to Fetlar, and other is based in Fetlar and makes a ...
Their first steamer, Velocity (1821), was built to compete with the steamer Tourist which operated between Leith and Aberdeen. Services were extended to Wick (by 1833), Kirkwall and Lerwick (in 1836). [1] In 1875, the Aberdeen, Leith & Clyde Shipping Co became the North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company. The new company ...
The ship, built in St Monans, Fife, has been in service since 1986 and is operated by the Shetland Islands Council.. MV Good Shepherd IV passing Sumburgh Head.. The previous ferry on this route, Good Shepherd III, was a former inshore trawler, owned by the islanders since 1972.