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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.
2002-2004: NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Limited; 2004-2012: RBS - RBSSAF (20) Limited; 2012-2018: previous owner renamed Northern Isles Ferries Limited; from 2018-present Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited; Operator: NorthLink Ferries: Port of registry: Lerwick, United Kingdom: Route: Aberdeen to Lerwick via Kirkwall: Builder: Aker ...
MV Hrossey is a NorthLink Ferries vehicle and passenger ferry based in Aberdeen. Along with her sister ship, the MV Hjaltland , she operates a daily ferry service between mainland Scotland and the northern archipelagos of Orkney and Shetland .
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 ...
Ferry services link Orkney and Shetland to the rest of Scotland, the main routes being Scrabster harbour, Thurso to Stromness and Aberdeen to Lerwick, both operated by NorthLink Ferries. Inter-island ferry services are operated by Orkney Ferries and SIC Ferries , which are operated by the respective local authorities and Northlink also run a ...
NorthLink Ferries (Orkney and Shetland, Scotland) Orkney Ferries (Orkney, Scotland) P&O Ferries (United Kingdom to France; Netherlands, Belgium and Spain) P&O Irish Sea ; Pentland Ferries (Orkney, Scotland) Polferries (the Baltic Sea) Red Funnel (Isle of Wight to mainland England.) Royal Borough of Greenwich (Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames)
In 1961 the company was taken over by Coast Lines and in 1975 P&O and in 1975, renamed as P&O Ferries (Orkney & Shetland Services). In 1989 it became P&O Scottish Ferries and continued to operate until 2002, when the services were taken over by NorthLink Ferries. [1]
CMAL currently owns 37 ferries, of which 32 are operated by CalMac Ferries on routes to the islands and peninsulas of the west of Scotland. [5] In April 2018 it was agreed that the five vessels operated by NorthLink Ferries on routes to the Orkney and Shetland islands would also join the fleet.