Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The coastguard in Shetland responded to an automatic identification system alert picked up by the Sullom Voe Terminal vessel traffic service.

The once rival to the SaxaVord Spaceport, Sutherland Spaceport Limited, is to be placed into liquidation.

The 73 metre cruise ship Ocean Nova is to be at Victoria Pier East until Tuesday evening, after visits to Foula, Papa Stour, Mousa and Noss.

Although built in Denmark in 1992 as an ice-strengthen expedition ship for trips around Greenland, for 15 seasons after being rebuilt in 2006, the Ocean Nova travelled to the Antarctic Peninsula, undertaking 321 voyages for operator Antarctic21, and carrying 14,523 passengers.

With late entries accepted until Monday, for an extra fee, it looks like 20 yachts will take part in the 38th Shetland Race, with the possibility of another two.

It is now just over four weeks until the few customers in Shetland left with Radio Teleswitch Service electricity meters lose their signal. At one time there was a very high percentage of RTS meters in Shetland.

Work is continuing in the Rosebank field, 85 nautical miles west-north-west of Unst, after the arrival, under its own power, of the 257 metre floating production storage and off-loading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank.