Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Mobile phone users on the O2 network, which includes Tesco Mobile and Sky Mobile, should be having better reception in years when in range of the Ward of Bressay base station.

The NorthLink passenger ferry Hrossey arrived in Lerwick harbour an hour and a half later than usual on Tuesday, after turning back to Aberdeen from seven nautical miles north-east of Peterhead because of a medical emergency on board.

Scottish Sea Farms’ latest newsletter features new figures on Shetland investment, local jobs and infrastructure supporting the region’s salmon sector.

The Lerwick Port Authority has revealed that the final phase of dredging work in Lerwick harbour is due to be completed in the autumn.

The Lerwick Port Authority has released figures for last year which show that Lerwick Harbour had increased volumes of cargo and slightly decreased vessel arrivals.

With Lerwick harbour the main marine support hub for Rosebank, and the mooring cables and reels for anchoring the floating production storge and offloading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank stored at the Greenhead Base, there is expected to be increased Rosebank activity later this year. Meanwhile the Petrojarl Rosebank is continuing up the west coast of Africa, accompanied by its three support vessels.

There hes been two ferry NHS patient transfers with both patient transfers from Yell.