MV Hrossey, along with MV Hjaltland, is a passenger and vehicle ferry which sails from Aberdeen to Shetland, with regular calls into Orkney. Purpose built for the routes, this modern passenger vessel offers the highest standards of safety, comfort and accessibility. On board MV Hrossey you will find everything you need to enjoy your journey before arriving at your destination feeling refreshed and ready to explore.
Our tasty and diverse menu in The Feast Restaurant on board boasts the best of locally sourced food, both for evening meals and breakfast in the morning.
Discover a new favourite drink in the bar on board, which serves hot drinks, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages, many of which are made in Shetland and Orkney.
Visit the shop on board MV Hrossey where you’ll find a range of a range of quality items including drinks, snacks, books, newspapers, travel products, and local crafts.
Whether you are travelling as a group, or on your own, booking a private cabin is a great idea for your journey. MV Hrossey has 2, 3 and 4-bed cabins, Premium and Executive cabins, accessible cabins, and pet-friendly cabins available. All cabins are en-suite and have a TV with live channels, on demand movies and box sets. Alternatively, book a sleeping pod or reclining seat for your journey.
Purchase entry to this premium lounge; a quiet place to work or unwind. Alternatively, buy an Executive or Premium cabin to receive complimentary access to the Magnus Lounge. Inside the lounge you’ll find comfortable seats, an area to eat dinner, drinks and nibbles and in the morning, a complimentary continental breakfast.
Pet owners travelling on MV Hrossey have a range of options. Animals can either remain in owners’ vehicles, travel in kennel facilities, or can join you in a comfortable pet-friendly cabin for the journey to the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
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MV Hrossey was designed with accessibility in mind, including accessible cabins and toilets, wheelchair access, boarding assistance and Changing Places toilets.
MV Hrossey has many other facilities, including baby changing rooms, showers, vending machines, games machines and a cinema showing the latest film releases.
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Along with MV Hjaltland, MV Hrossey, sails from Aberdeen to Lerwick in Shetland and back, departing in the early evening and arriving the following morning. MV Hrossey also makes regular calls into Kirkwall in Orkney, arriving in the late evening before sailing on to Lerwick (or Aberdeen). The journey lasts approx. 14 hours (Aberdeen to Lerwick) or 6 hours (Aberdeen to Kirkwall). View route information.
Booking a cabin, sleeping pod, or reclining seat is recommended for the overnight journeys from Aberdeen to Lerwick, Lerwick to Aberdeen, Kirkwall to Aberdeen and Kirkwall to Lerwick. However, journeys from Aberdeen to Kirkwall and Lerwick to Kirkwall depart and arrive on the same evening, so booking on board accommodation is not essential.
NorthLink Ferries’ ferry M.V. Hrossey entered service on 1st October 2002 on the Aberdeen – Kirkwall – Lerwick route. The ship was built at Aker Finyards OY, Rauma, Finland and measures 125m in length and 20m in beam with a tonnage of 11,720 GRT. She has a capacity for 600 passengers and has 650 lane metres (140 cars) for vehicles. With a top speed of 24 knots, the distances M.V. Hrossey covers are as follows – Aberdeen to Kirkwall – 154 miles, Kirkwall to Lerwick – 115 miles, Aberdeen to Lerwick – 216 miles. M.V. Hrossey travels the equivalent of almost three-and-a-half trips round the world each year. ‘Hrossey’ is the old Norse name for Orkney.
Port of Registry: Kirkwall Ships Number: NB439 Keel Laid: 01/12/01 Call sign: VSTY6 IMO Number: 9244960 Main Engines: 4 x MAK 6M43 5400 KW each Propellers: 2 x Rolls Royce Kamewa Rudders: 2 x Rolls Royce Stabilisers: 2 x Mitsubishi Fuel Capacity: 560 tonnes FW Capacity: 400 tonnes Length overall: 125 metres Breadth: 20m Draught: 5.4m Gross Tonnage: 11,720 Displacement: 7,434 tonnes Speed: 24 knots Max Stern Door Width: 4m Max Bow Door Width: 4.5m Max Door Height: 4.6m Max Axel Weight: 14000kg Max Door Load Weight: 44000kg Stern Door Length: 6.2m Bow Door Length: 13.8m
Using Ship AIS (a safety system which transmits a ship’s position to other vessels), it’s possible to see the real-time tracking of all NorthLink Ferries vessels on a map! Visit our Passenger Ship Positions webpage to see where MV Hrossey is on her voyage between the Scottish Mainland and Orkney and Shetland.
Header image: Hrossey sailing out of Aberdeen harbour in the evening photo © Copyright Nick McCaffrey
