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The company is owned by the Orkney Islands Council and was established in 1960 as the Orkney Islands Shipping Company. [1]In 1991, the Orkney Islands Shipping Company acquired a private sector ferry company also called Orkney Ferries, which had been established to compete on the short sea crossing from the Scottish mainland to the Orkney Islands, but which had not succeeded in establishing the ...
MV Earl Sigurd is a Ro-Ro vehicle ferry operated by Orkney Ferries. It was built in 1989 by McTay Marine in Bromborough . [ 2 ] It is normally used on Outer North Isles services, connecting Kirkwall with Eday , Sanday , Stronsay , Westray , Papay , and North Ronaldsay .
MV Hoy Head was built by Appledore Shipbuilders in North Devon in 1994. [2] In 2013, the ferry entered Cammell Laird shipyard to be lengthened to increase her capacity. The work involved cutting the ferry in half and inserting a newly built section amidships, as well as a general overhaul which included upgraded passenger and crew spaces, uprated engines, replacement of the steering/propulsion ...
MV Varagen was built by Cochrane Shipbuilders, Selby in 1989, [2] to provide a service between Gills Bay, Near John O’ Groats, and Burwick, the southern tip of South Ronaldsay, Orkney. On 11 November 2022, at about 6pm, Varagen ran aground en-route to Westray.
MV Earl Thorfinn is a Ro-Ro vehicle ferry operated by Orkney Ferries. History ... This page was last edited on 26 May 2022, at 06:30 (UTC).
An Orkney Ferries service, ... Today, the island's children travel daily by boat to school in Stromness on the ferry MV Graemsay. [4] Lighthouses. Hoy ...
Ferries serve both to link Orkney to the rest of Scotland, and also to link together the various islands of the Orkney archipelago. Ferry services operate between Orkney and the Scottish Mainland and Shetland on the following routes: Lerwick to Kirkwall (operated by NorthLink Ferries) Aberdeen to Kirkwall (operated by NorthLink Ferries)
MV Shapinsay is a Ro-Ro vehicle ferry operated by Orkney Ferries. History ... This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 13:39 (UTC).