Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

As he completes his overnight visit to Shetland, the third as first minister, John Swinney has added his signature to an RFA One rocket due for launch at the SaxaVord Spaceport.

It has been confirmed that the cable ship CS Sovereign has been chartered to provide a 5 nautical mile sub-sea branch connection of the Shefa 2 cable from Tórshavn to Maywick. This will be to the floating production storage and off-loading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank, when it arrives on location 85 nautical miles west-north-west of Unst.

Marine Scotland’s 18 year old, 27 meter, Fraserburg-based, fishery-research vessel Alba na Mara has been monitoring the waters east of Shetland.

Unite has confirmed that over 400 offshore members employed by Bilfinger UK on assets around Shetland have overwhelmingly backed a new improved pension offer.

The 20 metre Banff registered white fish boat Serenity was towed into Lerwick harbour by the Fraserburgh registered El Shaddai after fouling its propeller east of Shetland.

White fish box landings: 5 boats landed about 550 boxes.

Norwegian company Reach Subsea has been awarded the contract for survey work for the route of the proposed second high voltage direct current cable between Shetland and the Scottish mainland.