Northern Isles Ferry Services
Northlink Ferries Ltd are currently operating ferry services between the Scottish mainland and Orkney and Shetland. The routes operated are Lerwick/Kirkwall to Aberdeen, and Scrabster to Stomness. Northlink Ferries were successful in securing the contract to operate from July 2006 to June 2012. Northlink Ferries Ltd provides facilities for passenger, cars, commercial vehicles and freight. 
Northlink Ferries Ltd operate three passenger vessels on the Orkney and Shetland routes: the MV Hjaltland, MV Hrossey and MV Hamnavoe. In addition they operate two freight vessels: the MN Hascosay and the MV Clare. Northlink Ferries Ltd has offices in Stromness, Kirkwall, Lerwick and Aberdeen and the ferry terminals at Scrabster and Hatston.
NorthLink sail daily from Aberdeen to Lerwick with frequent calls at Kirkwall, and from Scrabster on the north coast of Scotland to Stromness in Orkney.
More information about Northlink Ferries Ltd can be found on their website at www.northlinkferries.co.uk
Shetland Line (1984), part of the Streamline Shipping group, are currently operating a lift-on lift-off (lo-lo) freight shipping service between Aberdeen -Kirkwall and Lerwick. Shetland Line (1984) were successful in securing the contract to operate the service from May 2008 to May 2014. More information about the Shetland Line service can be found on their website at http://www.streamlineshippinggroup.com/northern_isles.php
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