NorthLink Ferries News in Pictures
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17th July 2011 NorthLink Ferries provide sponsorship to local and visiting groups to Orkney and Shetland in discounted travel. However, we also offer travel vouchers which can be used as prizes in fund-raising raffles or competitions! This years Orkney Islands Sea Angling Association NorthLink / Shopping Week competition, held on 16th and 17th July has Northlink Travel Vouchers as the main prizes - well done to Gerry Wilson, who landed the heaviest catches and took both 1st and 2nd place! |
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23rd June 2011 This year's Simmer Dim Rally saw a few extra motorbikes than usual on our car deck! The Simmer Dim Rally is an annual bikers rally in Shetland which took place between Thursday 16th June 2011 - Sunday 19th June 2011. In all, 165 bikes were onboard the Hjaltland on Sunday 19th June returning home from the 29th Rally - of which NorthLink Ferries are proud sponsors. |
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7th June 2011 The RNLI Open Day in Lerwick on Saturday 4th June was a great success, with a record amount of £10,350.00 raised. A total of 458 passengers joined the NorthLink Ferries cruise around Bressay on MV Hrossey. The lifeboat came alongside and demonstrated a ‘man overboard' safety exercise, where the NorthLink fast rescue boat lifted two men safely out of the water. Meanwhile, the public areas of the ship were kept busy with live music, teas and sandwiches, stalls and a raffle. Well done to all involved! The efforts made by Captain Dave Wheeler, Hotel Director Lorrain Burrows, the Hrossey Crew and the Lerwick CSA team, was very much appreciated by the RNLI. |
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15th May 2011 On Sunday, 15th May, a NorthLink team was assembled to enter the Red Cross walk from Finstown to Kirkwall. The team, which consisted of Marion Barbour (not pictured), Will Rodgers (second from the left) and his girlfriend Kat (not pictured), James Linklater (third from the left) and Eddie Barclay (far right) managed to raise £275 for the Red Cross by completing the 7.5 mile walk. Well done chaps - we hope the blisters heal soon!. |
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23rd March 2011 Whenever possible, NorthLink staff love to raise money for their favorite charities. Pictured below are three presentations, where charities recieve the funds raised - in this instance, the RNLI, Kirkwall Maternity Unit (and Joshua's Boxes for bereaved parents) and MS Orkney - the NorthLink shore staff's chosen charity of the year 2010. 2011's chosen charity is Diabetes UK. |
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The RNLI Coffee Morning in Lerwick raised over £3,200
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NorthLink staff raised £800 for Kirkwall Maternity Unit
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£425 was raised for MS Orkney - NorthLink's charity of the year 2010
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16th June 2010 NorthLink staff go the extra mile! Pictured with the Aberdeen Terminal staff, two crew members, Simon Jones and Campbell Brennan have recently toured round Europe by motorcycle raising funds for UNICEF. They will complete their tour tonight (16th June) by returning home to Shetland on the Hrossey, along with 170 other Simmer Dim Motorcycles. They have raised £1,800 so far - Well done chaps! |
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NorthLink crew members go the extra mile for UNICEF!
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14th May 2010 A small change can make a big difference! During NorthLink's annual refit period, sockets in all cabins were changed to new angled sockets, following customer feedback that the previous sockets didn't allow space for some plugs to fit. Now all plugs will fit! |
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Angled sockets in
NorthLink cabins |
Angled sockets allow plugs
to fit with ease! |
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28th February 2010 The residents of Stromness in the Orkney Islands were greeted with the unusual sight of MV Hamnavoe and MV Hjaltland together at Stromness harbour, as the Hamnavoe returned from dry dock. MV Hjaltland, which normally covers the Aberdeen - Kirkwall - Lerwick route had been covering for the Hamnavoe on the Scrabster to Stromness run. |
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Hjaltland and Hamnavoe from
Brinkies Brae |
Hjaltland and Hamnavoe in
Stromness Harbour |
Hjaltland leaves Stromness after
two weeks on the route |
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