Largest cruise ship of the year for Lerwick Harbour
The largest cruise ship in Lerwick Harbour’s 2023 programme arrived today (Saturday 23 September) – the 132nd in what is set to be the Shetland port’s busiest season yet. (more…)
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Busiest Cruise Season Yet Opens At Lerwick. The first of almost 150 cruise ships expected to visit Lerwick this season arrived in the Shetland port last April 13, 2023
The first of almost 150 cruise ships expected to visit Lerwick this season arrived in the Shetland port on Thursday 13 April, with passengers being greeted on the quayside by an all-new meet-and-greet team. (more…)
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Lerwick’s Cruise Season Makes A Strong Comeback. Maiden visits also a feature of 2023 season
A combination of repeat visits and maiden calls at Lerwick Harbour will contribute to what is expected to the busiest cruise season yet at the Shetland port in 2023. (more…)
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Lerwick on course in rebuilding cruise traffic. Successful season foreshadows continuing upturn in 2023
Lerwick Harbour is on course in restoring cruise traffic at the Shetland port in the aftermath of Covid-19 restrictions, with the first full season since 2019. (more…)
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Cruise season underway at Lerwick. Record traffic expected at Shetland port
Viking Venus today (Wednesday 6 April, 2022) became the first cruise ship of the year to visit Lerwick in what is expected to be a record season at the Shetland port. On board are 709 passengers, mainly from the USA and UK, with others from Canada, the Americas and Europe. (more…)
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Double Boost from Viking for Lerwick’s Cruise Activity Recovery. Earliest start brings winter cruising prospects
The rebuilding of Lerwick Harbour’s important cruise traffic in the aftermath of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions will potentially receive extra impetus next month with the earliest start yet to the annual season. (more…)
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Lerwick’s short season closes – Successful restart after Covid restrictions and encouraging bookings for 2022
The cruise ship “Island Sky” has recorded an unexpected double – first and final into Lerwick Harbour, Shetland – during a season shortened by the Covid-19 pandemic. (more…)
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Lerwick Visit By MS Island Sky Reopens Cruising In Scotland
Following the Scottish Government’s lifting of the Covid-related ban on cruise ships visiting Scottish ports from today (Monday 19 July 2021), the first vessel since early 2020 arrived in Lerwick Harbour, Shetland, this morning. (more…)
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Lerwick Harbour sees start-up meetings with cruiselines as being crucial
“The presentation by Bermello Ajamil highlighted the amount of work needed to ensure we are ready to accept calls and that our standards match the efforts that cruiselines are putting into ensuring their operations prevent Covid transmission,” commented Melanie Henderson, cruise manager Lerwick Port Authority. (more…)
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Cruise Season Underway At Lerwick With Eco-friendly Vessel’s Visit. New Operators and more Records in Prospect
Lerwick Harbour’s 2020 cruise season launched today with the arrival of the first vessel of the year and the prospect of more new port records by autumn. The 21,765 gross tonne “Fritdtjof Nansen”, with capacity for 530 passengers and 150 crew, berthed at Victoria Pier at the Shetland port while en route from Bergen, Norway, to Kirkwall, Scotland. (more…)
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