WATCH: World’s largest offshore construction vessel returns to Dales Voe
The world’s largest offshore construction vessel has returned to Lerwick to offload material from a North Sea oilfield.
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Cruise visit cancelled due to strong winds
A cruise ship visit has been called off due to strong winds.
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First ship of bumper season cruises in
The first cruise ship of what is hoped to be another record season arrived into Lerwick yesterday (Saturday). Ambassador’s Ambition arrived on an 11-day Easter…
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First cruise ship to arrive this weekend
The first cruise ship of the season will arrive this weekend, in what is expected to be a “parade” of tourists in a record year….
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Lerwick returned to ‘normal operations’, port chief says
Record levels of activity were seen across several areas of operation last year, according to the Lerwick Port Authority as it emerged from the Covid-19…
READ FULL STORYEncouraging signs for 2024, says LPA chief executive
An encouraging 2023 has given confidence to Lerwick Port Authority’s (LPA) chief executive, with new opportunities looming in the new year. New figures released by…
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Record-breaking cruise season was a ‘year like no other’
A record-breaking cruise season with 129 ships, 124,000 passengers and 19 maiden calls has been hailed as a “year like no other”.
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Buoyant cruise sector sees port passenger number soar past 100k
More than 100,000 passengers travelled through Lerwick port in the first half of the year – a 24 per cent increase on the same period in
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Port authority signs offshore wind agreement
Lerwick Port Authority will provide support for a major floating offshore windfarm after signing a memorandum of understanding earlier today (Wednesday). The memorandum with Irish…
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Bell’s Brae pupils continue rewilding efforts
Pupils from Bell’s Brae Primary School have dug in to help rewilding projects with the aid of Lerwick Port Authority. Children from p4 planted 150…
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WATCH: Port authority and council launch fishing campaign
Lerwick Port Authority and the council have joined forces to encourage fishing boats to land their catches in Shetland. More than half of all the…
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Lerwick Port Authority join clean energy project
Lerwick Port Authority (LPA) has joined up with new partners to turn Shetland into an area for “secure and affordable clean energy”. The port authority…
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Viking windfarm blades arrive
The latest shipment of the machinery for the Viking Energy windfarm arrived in Greenhead bays yesterday. BBC Belem was the fifth such cargo vessel to…
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WATCH: Drone footage shows windfarm components arriving at Greenhead Base
Drone footage has offered an insight into the huge scale of the operation bringing windfarm components into Shetland.
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