Saturday 11 April 2026
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Transport / Wednesday ferry sailings cancelled

The Hjaltland. Photo: Austin Taylor

ALL of NorthLink’s passenger and freight sailings to and from Shetland on Wednesday have now been cancelled due to the windy forecast.

Meanwhile today’s (Tuesday) northbound passenger sailing will depart Aberdeen at 4pm instead of 5pm as a result of the weather.

Tuesday’s northbound freight sailing will also leave Aberdeen early.

A detailed weather forecast can be found at our weather pages at: https://www.shetnews.co.uk/weather/

 

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