Lerwick returned to ‘normal operations’, port chief says
Record levels of activity were seen across several areas of operation last year, according to the Lerwick Port Authority as it emerged from the Covid-19…
READ FULL STORYRecord levels of activity were seen across several areas of operation last year, according to the Lerwick Port Authority as it emerged from the Covid-19…
READ FULL STORYAn encouraging 2023 has given confidence to Lerwick Port Authority’s (LPA) chief executive, with new opportunities looming in the new year. New figures released by…
READ FULL STORYA record-breaking cruise season with 129 ships, 124,000 passengers and 19 maiden calls has been hailed as a “year like no other”.
READ FULL STORYMore than 100,000 passengers travelled through Lerwick port in the first half of the year – a 24 per cent increase on the same period in
READ FULL STORYLerwick Port Authority will provide support for a major floating offshore windfarm after signing a memorandum of understanding earlier today (Wednesday). The memorandum with Irish…
READ FULL STORYPupils from Bell’s Brae Primary School have dug in to help rewilding projects with the aid of Lerwick Port Authority. Children from p4 planted 150…
READ FULL STORYLerwick Port Authority and the council have joined forces to encourage fishing boats to land their catches in Shetland. More than half of all the…
READ FULL STORYLerwick Port Authority (LPA) has joined up with new partners to turn Shetland into an area for “secure and affordable clean energy”. The port authority…
READ FULL STORYThe latest shipment of the machinery for the Viking Energy windfarm arrived in Greenhead bays yesterday. BBC Belem was the fifth such cargo vessel to…
READ FULL STORYDrone footage has offered an insight into the huge scale of the operation bringing windfarm components into Shetland.
READ FULL STORYLerwick Harbour saw around 50,000 more passengers visit during the cruise season this year compared to 2021. With Covid-19 restrictions lifted Lerwick Port Authority (LPA)…
READ FULL STORYLerwick Port Authority (LPA) said nobody could identify a person who intruded on a fishing vessel at Mair’s Pier in August. On Saturday, 6th August,…
READ FULL STORYPort workers at the Lerwick Harbour have returned to work today (Tuesday) after calling an end to strike action. Union Unite said it had struck…
READ FULL STORYTwelve Lerwick Port Authority (LPA) workers will walk out on Monday, after they rejected an updated pay offer from the LPA. Barring a last-minute intervention…
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