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May 2, 2024
A METEOROLOGICAL mast which will provide data for the planned Energy Isles wind farm in Yell has been installed on the island. Masts like these can measure...
March 28, 2024
FOUR local charities have received a total of more than £250,000 in funding from the lottery’s awards for all and improving lives grant schemes. Mind Your Head has been awarded two grants, £135,000 for funding its “holistic to well-being” which complements existing...
February 2, 2024
Tourists who travelled to Lerwick, Shetland, for Up Helly Aa were left stranded after Loganair flights and NorthLink ferries were cancelled.
December 5, 2023
LIFELINE ferry operator NorthLink is introducing a new availability calendar to its booking system that will allow travellers for the first time to see available cabin and car deck spaces to assist in their journey planning - all thanks to a local computer whizz. In the past...
December 5, 2023
PASSENGER numbers on Northern Isles ferry services to and from Shetland have risen by more than 50 per cent since 2003. The figures have led to further calls for extra capacity on the north boats. They show that in 2003 there were nearly 98,000 passengers carried to and from...
November 30, 2023
Ferries travelling to and from the Northern Isles will be able to plug into "clean" power at Port of Aberdeen after a £1m-plus investment.
September 6, 2023
THE DOORS on reintroducing shared cabins on NorthLink ferries are closed and will remain closed, company chief executive Stuart Garrett confirmed on Tuesday. Garrett was responding to queries from Shetland News after transport minister Fiona Hyslop during a recent visit to the...
September 5, 2023
Urgent calls have been made for increased capacity on the NorthLink service after transport bosses once again failed to come with any funding guarantees.
July 18, 2023
A PASSENGER service supervisor on the NorthLink ferry Hjaltland has raised more than £50,000 over the past decade for various charities. Shetlander Kathryn Fullerton has picked a different charity to fundraise for each year for the last 11 years. Last month she surpassed the...
June 6, 2023
SERCO NorthLink has revealed that services to and from Shetland experienced their busiest May on record last month. Stuart Garrett, managing director at Serco NorthLink, told Shetland’s external transport forum on Tuesday that 6,977 cabins were sold last month alone. Nearly...