Stories tagged with Tag: Emergency Tug

Less than a month after the Orkney-based emergency tug was saved, calls are being made for a second vessel to be reinstated in Scottish waters.

August 8, 2016 | 3.43pm

In The Shetland Times this week… • Eleven arrested in immigration raids • A swimmer’s close encounter with a Killer Whale.

July 15, 2016 | 7.30am

The coastguard emergency tug based in Orkney has been saved from the axe. Isles MP Alistair Carmichael learned of the news after speaking to the…

July 13, 2016 | 9.49am

In this week’s Shetland Times… • Tories accused of “gambling with safety”. • Amber Rudd formally opens Shetland Gas Plant. … and much more

May 20, 2016 | 7.00am

New analysis has identified a “residual risk” to marine safety in the event of emergency tugs being lost. Council leaders have seen a new risk…

March 9, 2016 | 6.49pm

The emergency tug has been given a stay of execution for six months following a House of Commons debate.

February 23, 2016 | 9.54am

The Shetland Times Save the Tug campaign demands the retention of the Northern Isles-based emergency tug Herakles.

February 22, 2016 | 4.19pm

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