All 60 passengers have been rescued and brought back to land safe and well after a ferry ran aground. RNLI vessels went to the scene after the MV Pentalina issued a mayday broadcast off Orkney on ...

Scottish operator Pentland Ferries’ new vessel Alfred arrived in Orkney after completing a 5,481 nautical mile voyage from shipbuilder Strategic Marine’s Vung Tao, Vietnam, shipyard that began ...

Pentland Ferries has been recommended to review its emergency response team procedures to ensure that it captures passenger details and injuries post-accident.

Pentland Ferries staff, who are operating services on behalf of Scottish Government-owned ferry operator CalMac, bought MV Alfred for £14m in 2019 to operate between Caithness and Orkney.

A small, electric passenger ferry is beginning a three-year trial in Orkney. The vessel uses new hydrofoil technology and could cut travel times between islands significantly. The ferry has been ...

EVEN on a sunny day the rugged coastline of Caithness—with its small towns huddled round little harbours, looking 15 miles across the Pentland Firth to the dark cliffs of Orkney—feels as ...