NorthLink has confirmed its schedule for the dry-docking of its passenger ferry fleet for annual maintenance in Denmark.

MV Hamnavoe will be out of service from Monday 24 January until Thursday 3 February, with MV Hebridean Isles, on charter from Caledonian MacBrayne, standing-in to operate the Stromness-Scrabster route during this time.

MV Hrossey will depart for dry dock on Sunday 20 February, returning to service on or around Tuesday 1 March, with MV Hjaltland proceeding to Denmark on her return.  MV Hjaltland is scheduled to be in dry dock for eight days and normal service is expected to be resumed by Thursday 10 March. 

Between Sunday 20 February and Wednesday 9 March, therefore, the Aberdeen – Kirkwall – Lerwick route will be served by one vessel only, which will travel north one day and south the next. The company’s freight service will be increased during this time to ensure daily cargo operations continue throughout the dry dock period.

Passengers already booked to travel on sailings affected by the dry dock schedule will be contacted by the company to allow transfer or refund of reservations.

For full details on the Lerwick-Kirkwall-Aberdeen service please see www.northlinkferries.co.uk or call 0845 6000 449.