Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The 245 metre cruise ship Ambience was passing east of Shetland this morning heading for Tilbury after a visit to Norway. The Ambience visited Lerwick harbour in April, May and August 2022 and in June 2024. Yesterday, the Ambience was the centre of an over-300 nautical mile mission by the current coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh. This was to take an injured person on the Ambience, then about 100 nautical miles north-north-west of Unst, to the emergency landing site in Lerwick. Shortly before that another coastguard helicopter was on an NHS patient transfer from Fair Isle to the emergency landing site in Lerwick.

Alistair Carmichael has claimed that UK government plans to tackle constraint payments for renewable energy producers could be a way to deliver an islands’ tariff to cut energy bills.

Following the 10-day standstill period, Guang-zhou Shipyard International in China has been awarded the contract to build two freight-flex vessels for Caledonian Maritime Assets, to be used by NorthLink.

The estimated cost of the two freight-flex vessels is in the region of £200 million, covering both vessels and other projects costs, which is almost three times the cost together of the passenger-ferries, Hjaltland and the Hrossey, when they were delivered in 2002.

The Yell Sound ferry Daggri is now on an about 60 hour journey back home, this morning passing through the Sound of Jura, after a three week stay in the James Watt Dock in Greenock for its annual docking by Dales Marine Services.

White fish box landings: 4 boats landed about 500 boxes. The

According to new data from National Records of Scotland, of the 32 local authorities in Scotland in 2024, Shetland had the third lowest rate of avoidable deaths, beaten only by East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire, which are regularly the most healthy local authority areas in Scotland.