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Political skirmishes over the funding of Shetland's inter-island ferry links have intensified, with the SNP and Liberal Democrats again locking horns over the issue.Scottish Ministers last week suffered a heavy defeat at Holyrood following a debate launched by opposition MSPs. The Holyrood admin... Read more...
Shetland Islands Council has apologised to passengers for disruption to the ferry service after the Whalsay ferry Linga developed a technical fault. (more…) Read more...
Residents will get a chance to shape inter-island transport policy via a survey that will feed into a national programme aimed at comparing services across Scotland. (more…) Read more...
The latest round of ferry mates' strikes scheduled to take place tomorrow morning have been postponed, according to a joint statement issued by Unite the union and the SIC. (more…) Read more...
Ferry mates who are members of trade union Unite will continue their strike action this week. (more…) Read more...
Inter-island ferry passengers face another morning of disruption on Wednesday despite hopes that industrial action had been suspended ahead of the trial of a pilot scheme. (more…) Read more...
Fresh hope has emerged that a resolution could be found to the industrial dispute between ferry mates in the Unite trade union and the SIC, according to a senior union official. (more…) Read more...
Inter-island travel was disrupted on Wednesday as the first of a series of planned ferry mates' strikes saw ferries tied up from 5.45am for three hours. (more…) Read more...
Inter-island travel will be disrupted tomorrow as the first of a series of planned ferry mates' strikes gets underway. (more…) Read more...
Ferry mates look set to resume industrial action next week with the first of four planned strikes to take place from 5.45am to 8.45am on Wednesday, 21st January. (more…) Read more...