Weather means extra visitors
THIS week’s bad weather meant a busy spell at Lerwick Harbour with boats of all types seeking shelter and not many spare berths. Oil supply…
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Pipe-layer in for shelter
TOWERING high above its fellow visitors to Lerwick Harbour this week was the rather distinctive CSO Apache pipe-laying ship. The unusual-looking mammoth 123m-long structure, owned…
READ FULL STORYBusy week as boats seek shelter
POOR weather this week has meant a busy time at Lerwick harbour. Many oil-related vessels came in for shelter, with the Bahamian seismic boat Fugro…
READ FULL STORYPelagic vessels help make it busy week
LERWICK harbour has had a bustling week of activity with lots of landings at Shetland Catch and a number of vessels coming in for shelter…
READ FULL STORYCatamarans could be the future
By JOHN ROBERTSON FAST and economical catamaran ferries should be considered for Shetland’s inter-island routes and the link with the Scottish mainland, SIC ferries board…
READ FULL STORYGales force them in for shelter
LERWICK harbour became busier towards the end of the week as the northerly gales forced boats in for shelter. Oil-related vessels such as the Odin…
READ FULL STORYMackerel landed
NORWEGIAN vessels have been dominating the scene at Lerwick Harbour. Four fishing boats from Norway – Fiskebas SF, Fonnes, Haugagut and Havsnurp – arrived at…
READ FULL STORYHarbour ends on high as last cruise ship visits
WITH the largest cruise ship yet to call at Lerwick Harbour due today the port will end the 2008 season on a high and on…
READ FULL STORYDredging work almost complete
IT WAS a story of endings at Lerwick Harbour with many things that have made news over the last weeks and months drawing to a…
READ FULL STORYSailors and herring fishers bid farewell
THE LAST of the summer yachts came and went from Lerwick Harbour this week, unofficially marking the end of the season. The last departure was…
READ FULL STORYYachts and cruise ships still sailing into the harbour
LERWICK Harbour remains busy despite a slight tailing off in traffic now that the summer season begins to draw to a close. There has not…
READ FULL STORYDecline in yacht trade as summer departs
THERE have been fewer yachts and cruise ships visiting the harbour this week as the summer draws to a close, although the harbour has still…
READ FULL STORYFirst herring arrives at Catch
THE FIRST herring of the summer has sparked the Shetland Catch end of Lerwick Harbour into life this week. First to arrive at the Gremista…
READ FULL STORYHazardous pipe brought ashore
A LARGE metal pipe from a barge wreck off the Bard of Bressay had to be taken ashore for scrapping this week. Harbour tug the…
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