Shetland Islands Council Ferries (often named SIC Ferries) is a company operating inter-island ferry services in Shetland, a subarctic archipelago off the northeast coast of

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. The company operates services across 10 of the Shetland islands.

Services

Services of the SIC Ferries are: *''Bluemull service'' linking the North Isles at Gutcher, Yell; Belmont,

Unst Unst (; sco, Unst; nrn, Ønst) is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third-largest island in Shetland after Mainland and Yell. It has an area of . Unst ...

; and

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Fetlar Fetlar ( sco, Fetlar) is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland, with a usually resident population of 61 at the time of the 2011 census. Its main settlement is Houbie on the south coast, home to the Fetlar Interpretive Centre. Fetlar i ...

. *''Bressay service'' to the isle of

Bressay Bressay ( sco, Bressa) is a populated island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. Geography and geology Bressay lies due south of Whalsay, west of the Isle of Noss, and north of Mousa. With an area of , it is the fifth-largest island in She ...

from Lerwick on the

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. *''Fair Isle service'' to the isle of

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from

Grutness Grutness is a small settlement and headland at the southern tip of the main island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Dunrossness. It is located close to Sumburgh Head, and is the terminus of the ferry se ...

or Lerwick on the Mainland. *''Foula service'' to the isle of

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from

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on the Mainland. This service is operated by BK Marine *''Out Skerries service'' to the isle of Out Skerries from Vidlin, Symbister (on

Whalsay Whalsay ( sco, Whalsa; non, Hvalsey or ''Hvals-øy'', meaning 'Whale Island') is the sixth largest of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland. Geography Whalsay, also known as "The Bonnie Isle", is a peat-covered island in the Shetland I ...

) or Lerwick on the Mainland *''Papa Stour'' to the isle of

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from West Burrafirth on the Mainland. *''Whalsay service'' to the isle of

from Laxo on the Mainland. *''Yell service'' to the North Isle of Yell from Toft on the Mainland.

Fleet

Fleet of the SIC Ferries are: *MVs and were built by Dunstons, Hessle and

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. They can carry 16 cars or 12 cars respectively as well as 95 passengers, and are used on the Bluemull service. * was built by

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, Port Glasgow. She can carry 125 passengers and 19 cars and is used on the Bressay service. * MV ''Good Shepherd'' IV was built by Millers, St Monans. She can carry 12 passengers and 2 cars (craned on) and is used on the Fair Isle service. * was built by Northern Shipbuilders in Gdańsk. She can carry 30 passengers and 9 cars and is used on the Out Skerries service. * was built by Simek AS,

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. She can carry 12 passengers and 6 cars and is used on the Papa Stour service. *MVs and were built by

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, Bromborough and Stocznia Polnocna, Gdańsk. They can carry 12 cars or 16 cars respectively as well as 95 passengers, and are used on the Whalsay service. *MVs and were both built in Gdańsk. They can both carry 145 passengers and 31 cars and are used on the Yell service. * was built by Ferguson Marine, Port Glasgow. She can carry 95 passengers and 12 cars and is used as a standby vessel. is operated by BK Marine on behalf of SIC Ferries on the Foula service. She can carry 1 car (craned onboard) and 12 passengers.

References

External links

SIC Ferries Official Site
{{Scottish Ferry Operators Ferry companies of Scotland Transport in Shetland Companies owned by municipalities of Scotland Companies based in Shetland