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DISCUSSIONS are well underway regarding the NorthLink vessels Hjaltland and Hrossey tapping into shore power when berthed in Lerwick and Aberdeen, a parliament meeting has heard. Serco NorthLink managing director Stuart Garrett said “huge advances” have already been made in...
ADDITIONAL tonnage is the solution to capacity constraints on the NorthLink service, according to the operator’s managing director. Stuart Garrett said Serco NorthLink continues to look across the globe for any additional vessels it can bring onto the service in peak periods -...
A BURST hydraulic pipe means the Whalsay ferry Hendra will miss a couple of runs this afternoon (Friday). The problem will affect the 2pm sailing from Symbister to Laxo, and the return trip at 2.45pm. The hope was for the Hendra to be back running at 3.30pm, but normal service...
A PETITION set up online to urge NorthLink to act on its hugely controversial sleeping arrangements for passengers has reached over 1,700 signatures. Lerwick woman Sarah Stove, who two and a half weeks ago started the petition to highlight how many people find the sleeping pods...
NorthLink has extended its temporary timetable to cover the full period in which Pentland Ferries' Caithness/Orkney service will be out of action.