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The ship, with a length of 112 m (367 ft) and beam 18.5 m (61 ft), measures 8,780 GT. Hamnavoe has a capacity for 600 passengers and 68 cars. [5] Facilities include passenger lounges and bars, a self-service restaurant, a children's playroom, a sun deck and a games room.
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.
The company serves over 50 ports and harbours on the west coast of Scotland, with CMAL owning 16 of these ports and harbours. Caledonian MacBrayne operate on average over 162,700 sailings annually. 2018 was the company's busiest in terms of passenger numbers, carrying an estimated 5,309,771 passengers. [5] [9]
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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]
Devorsine made his Drake debut as a captain over 20 years ago, sailing an icebreaker full of scientists over to Antarctica for a research stint. “We had very, very rough seas — more than 20 ...
Contract talks covering 45,000 dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are set to restart on Tuesday in a labor dispute that will help set the pace of automation at ports stretching from ...
Charter vessel from NorthLink Ferries for Stornoway freight service. MV Lochmor II 1979 1979 2001 MV Claymore III 1978 1978 Oct 1997 May 1997 Apr 1998 Sold to Sea Container Service Ltd then to Pentland Ferries. She was chartered back 1997/8. MV Saturn: 1977 1977 2011 Sold to Pentland Ferries, renamed MV Orcadia. MV Raasay: 1976 1976 2018 MV ...