Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The National Farmers Union Scotland is urging consumers, and the food service sector, to choose Scottish and UK eggs following the serious salmonella outbreak in which imported eggs are under investigation.

Since yesterday morning, work has continued on Allseas 177 metre barge Iron Lady, maneuvered by the tugs Fairplay 27, Fairplay 62 and BB Server, on the transfer of the 16,000 tonne topsides of Taqa’s North Cormorant platform. This was from Allseas 382 metre twin-hulled heavy-lift vessel Pioneering Spirit to the laydown area of the Dales Voe Base.

The decommissioning is being undertaken by Brown & Mason, one of Europe’s largest demolition and dismantling companies. Last July, Brown & Mason entered into a partnership with Peterson Energy Logistics and the Lerwick Port Authority to attract the large-scale decommissioning of offshore structures to the Dales Voe Base.

From February 1982 oil flowed from North Cormorant to the Sullom Voe Terminal via the Brent pipeline. Production ceased in June 2024.

A study by the James Hutton Institute, Scotland's research institute for sustainable land crop and natural resource management, has found that a better coordination, and a better use, of fish by-products could increase the value of the Scottish seafood chain. In Shetland most seafood by-products are sent to the Hogan factory, where they are turned into fish meal and fish oil.

With a return rate of 56 per cent, over 81 per cent voted in favour of continuing with the Lerwick Businss District Scheme.