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NEWS |
| 29/08/08 |
Shetland Marine News...
Ferry Review to Get Underway
A ROOT and branch review of Scotland’s many ferry services is to get
under way later this summer.
The Scottish Government today (Friday) confirmed details of the review
which they say will lead to an enhancement of services across all
Scottish routes.
ARTICLE |
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| 28/08/08 |
PENTLAND FERRIES:
As of the 8th of September 2008 the last sailing of the day from Gills
Bay and St Margarets Hope will be leaving one hour earlier.
New Times will be as follows:
1700 dep St Margarets Hope
1845 dep Gills Bay |
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| 27/08/08 |
ORKNEY FERRIES:
To enable Varagen to undergo essential repairs, sailings for the
Outer North Isles will operate to an amended timetable between Sunday 21
September - Thursday 25 September 2008 inclusive. This timetable can be
viewed on the special timetables link on the operators Operational News
section on there site or you can follow the link below.
Special Timetable (pdf file 85kb) |
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| 25/08/08 |
PENTLAND FERRIES:
Due to the funeral of a crew member there will be several
changes to sailings today:
The 0800 from St
Margaret’s Hope will now depart at 0730 – any passengers need to be at
the ferry terminal for 0700.
The 0945 from Gill’s Bay will now depart at
0915 – any passengers need to be at the ferry terminal at 0845.
The 1200
from St Margaret’s Hope and the 1345 from Gill’s Bay have been
cancelled, any passengers who were booked on this sailing need to
contact the operator on 01856831226.
The 1800 from St Margaret’s Hope and 1945 from Gill’s Bay will be
running as normal. |
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| 24/08/08 |
PENTLAND FERRIES:
The Pentalina is still on route to Aden the weather has been
against her and she has had to make a short detour to Salalah in Oman. |
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| 22/08/08 |
PENTLAND FERRIES:
Ferry Publications...
The delivery voyage of the new Pentalina from the Philippines has
been delayed at Salalah in Oman awaiting Caterpillar Engineers flying
out from UK to repair a generator which gave problems on the passage
from Colombo (Sri Lanka). It is now unlikely that the vessel will be in
service before October.
Ferry Publications |
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| 12/08/08 |
NORTHLINK FERRIES:
Company News...
NorthLink Ferries will reintroduce its popular Islander Family & Friends
discounted travel scheme next month after rising demand. The web
promotion continues to offer lower cost travel to the Northern Isles for
nominated non-islanders over the autumn months.
ARTICLE |
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| 08/08/08 |
PENTLAND FERRIES:
The Pentalina left Sri Lanka this morning and is now headed
for Aden in The Yemen, she is expected to take seven days to get there
subject to good weather. |
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| 05/08/08 |
NORTHLINK FERRIES:
Company News...
NorthLink Ferries has been showcasing its new
state-of-the-art livestock containers at the Turriff Show, with First
Minister Alex Salmond, rural affairs and environment minister Richard
Lockhead and transport minister Stewart Stevenson all seeing the new
double-deck containers first hand.
Backed by Scottish Government funding, the lifeline ferry operator
between the Scottish mainland and the Northern Isles has invested more
than £3 million in the new containers, which aim to improve standards of
livestock shipment, animal welfare and bio-security.
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