Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

Towards the end of his overnight visit to Shetland, First Minister John Swinney announced the decision by the Scottish government that one of Scotland’s first 16 drop-in surgeries will be in Lerwick.

Sail Training Shetland is inviting applications from young people aged 15 to 25 to take part in The Tall Ships Races this summer, with free taster day sails on the Swan.

EnQuest, operator of the Sullom Voe Terminal, has announced plans for the Magnus field, 70 nautical miles north-east of Unst and for the Bressay field, 70 nautical miles east of Mousa.

It has been confirmed that the cable ship CS Sovereign has been chartered to provide a 5 nautical mile sub-sea branch connection of the Shefa 2 cable from Tórshavn to Maywick. This will be to the floating production storage and off-loading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank, when it arrives on location 85 nautical miles west-north-west of Unst.

Marine Scotland’s 18 year old, 27 meter, Fraserburg-based, fishery-research vessel Alba na Mara has been monitoring the waters east of Shetland.

Unite has confirmed that over 400 offshore members employed by Bilfinger UK on assets around Shetland have overwhelmingly backed a new improved pension offer.

The 20 metre Banff registered white fish boat Serenity was towed into Lerwick harbour by the Fraserburgh registered white fish boat El Shaddai after fouling its propeller east of Shetland.