Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Alistair Carmichael has raised concerns about, what appears to be, lack of government thought put into maintaining critical mass in the energy sector during the transition between oil and gas and renewables.

Global Marine’s cable ship CS Sovereign, which has done much of the submarine cable repairs around Shetland and Orkney in recent years, is 50 nautical miles west-south-west Sumburgh for emergency repairs on the six year old Havfrue America-Europe Connect-2 submarine fibre optic cable from New Jersey to Blaabjerg in Denmark.

A S92 coastguard helicopter based at Sumburgh was tasked for an NHS patient transfer. This was from Baltasound to the emergency landing site in Lerwick.

The design of two 140 metre freight-flex vessels has changed yet again with the two accommodation decks at the top now the full length of the superstructure, instead of stepping down deck-by-deck towards the stern, giving a sleeker outline.

White fish box landings: 3 boats landed about 900 boxes.

Of the two sail training vessels that have been in Lerwck harbour since last week, the Swedish Gunilla has sailed for Dublin and the Sorlandet is still at Victoria Pier East.

Latest official figures from National Records of Scotland for the quarter of April to June last year show that at the end of June the ratio of females to males in Shetland was widening again.