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NorthLink Ferries (also referred to as Serco NorthLink Ferries [1]) is an operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, as well as ferry services, between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Since July 2012, it has been operated by international services company Serco.
Hamnavoe is the first ferry to have been specifically built for the Pentland Firth route, [citation needed] and was given the old Norse name for Stromness, meaning 'Home Port' or 'Safe Haven'. [3] The ship was originally ordered in October 2000 from Ferguson Shipbuilders at Port Glasgow but Fergusons withdrew from the contract only two months ...
NorthLink Ferries (Orkney and Shetland, Scotland) Orkney Ferries (Orkney, Scotland) P&O Ferries (United Kingdom to France; Netherlands, Belgium and Spain) P&O Irish Sea ; Pentland Ferries (Orkney, Scotland) Polferries (the Baltic Sea) Red Funnel (Isle of Wight to mainland England.) Royal Borough of Greenwich (Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames)
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.
The David MacBrayne Group Ltd also cquired the full share capital of NorthLink Ferries, and took over operations of the NorthLink routes on 6 July 2006. A further subsidiary company - Rathlin Ferries Ltd - was established by David MacBrayne Group Ltd to operate the Rathlin to Ballycastle service in Northern Ireland.
The Florida panhandle (also known as West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida. It is a salient roughly 200 miles (320 km) long, bordered by Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia on the north, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
The weekly flight has an introductory fare as low as $29. To get that flight price, you must purchase your ticket by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, Sept. 2, and are for travel on Oct. 11 ...
In August 2012, a man died after falling overboard into the North Sea about 20 miles (30 kilometres) north of Fraserburgh. [8]On 23 August 2013, MV Hjaltland was diverted from its normal route to assist with search and rescue efforts following the crash of a Super Puma helicopter 2 mi (3 km) off the Shetland coast close to Sumburgh. [9]