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  2. NorthLink Ferries - Wikipedia

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    NorthLink Ferries (also referred to as Serco NorthLink Ferries [1]) is an operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, as well as ferry services, between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Since July 2012, it has been operated by international services company Serco.

  3. MV Hjaltland - Wikipedia

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    In August 2012, a man died after falling overboard into the North Sea about 20 miles (30 kilometres) north of Fraserburgh. [8]On 23 August 2013, MV Hjaltland was diverted from its normal route to assist with search and rescue efforts following the crash of a Super Puma helicopter 2 mi (3 km) off the Shetland coast close to Sumburgh. [9]

  4. MV Hrossey - Wikipedia

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    MV Hrossey and her sister ship, MV Hjaltland were cboth constructed in 2002 at Aker Finnyards in Finland. [1]In 2013 after Serco being awarded the NorthLink ferries contract MV Hrossey underwent several refurbishments as a part of its rebranding, including new “sleeping pods” and bold livery featuring a beckoning Viking.

  5. Caledonian MacBrayne - Wikipedia

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    A joint venture between Caledonian MacBrayne and the Royal Bank of Scotland named NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries won the tender for the subsidised Northern Isles services, previously run by P&O Scottish Ferries, commencing in 2002. The ambitious programme ran into financial difficulties, and the service was again put out to tender.

  6. Seatruck Ferries - Wikipedia

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    Seatruck Ferries was a UK-based freight-only ferry company which commenced services in 1996. It became a subsidiary of CLdN and was absorbed into the Luxembourg-based parent's overall brand as CLdN RoRo in February 2024. It operated out of four ports on the Irish Sea, including Heysham and Liverpool.

  7. MV Hamnavoe - Wikipedia

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    Hamnavoe is the first ferry to have been specifically built for the Pentland Firth route, [citation needed] and was given the old Norse name for Stromness, meaning 'Home Port' or 'Safe Haven'. [3] The ship was originally ordered in October 2000 from Ferguson Shipbuilders at Port Glasgow but Fergusons withdrew from the contract only two months ...

  8. List of ferry operators - Wikipedia

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    VDOT provides free car ferry services in Southern Virginia, including the Jamestown Ferry; Washington State Ferries (northwest US) White's Ferry, a cable ferry between Maryland and Virginia; Woodland Ferry, cable ferry located in western Sussex County, Delaware, spanning the Nanticoke River at Woodland, Delaware, west of the city of Seaford

  9. Transport in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    A fleet of 31 ferries serve a 52 ports and 49 routes on the ferry network in Scotland, with 5.3 million passengers travelling on the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry network in 2018. [23] The ferry network in Scotland is faced with issues, in part due to the ageing fleet of the Caledonian MacBrayne network. [24]