Name MV Hjaltland Length 125 m Weight 7,434 tons Draft 5.4 m | Construction started 4 October 2001 Displacement 7.434 million kg Builder Meyer Turku | |
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Owner 2002-2004 NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Limited2004-2012 RBS - RBSSAF (20) Limitedfrom 2012 previous owner renamed Northern Isles Ferries Limited | ||
Northlink ferries mv hjaltland entering aberdeen harbour with dolphins
MV Hjaltland is a NorthLink Ferries vehicle and passenger ferry based in Aberdeen. She operates daily ferry services between mainland Scotland and the northern archipelagos of Orkney and Shetland.
Contents
- Northlink ferries mv hjaltland entering aberdeen harbour with dolphins
- Northlink ferries mv hjaltland leaving aberdeen harbour hd
- History
- Layout
- Service
- Incidents and accidents
- References
Northlink ferries mv hjaltland leaving aberdeen harbour hd
History
MV Hjaltland and her sister ship, MV Hrossey, were constructed in 2002 at Aker Finnyards in Finland.
Layout
MV Hjaltland carries passengers, cars, freight and livestock. There are a choice of restaurants, bars and lounges, children's play area and a cinema. The restaurants and lounges have a total seating capacity of 600. The original 100 cabins had a total of 300 beds. All cabins are en-suite, most being two berth, with a number of four-berth cabins for families. In April 2007, an additional accommodation module was fitted in Birkenhead, increasing her capacity to 356 berths. The ship is fitted with lifts and was built to accommodate disabled passengers throughout. There are 10 officer and 28 crew cabins.
Each pair of diesel engines drives a controllable-pitch propeller through a gearbox. There are two rudders, two 900 kW bow thrusters and Mitsubishi stabilisers.
Service
MV Hjaltland operates between Lerwick and Aberdeen, with a call at Kirkwall on some days. A walkway, built specifically for the current vessels, can take both foot and car passengers. She is also able to relieve on the Stromness to Scrabster crossing.
Incidents and accidents
In August 2012, a man died after falling overboard into the North Sea approximately 20 miles north of Fraserburgh.
On 9 September 2013, Search for passenger, 22, overboard from Hjaltland stood down http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24014383
On 23 August 2013, MV Hjaltland was diverted from its normal route to assist with search and rescue efforts following the crash of a Super Puma helicopter two miles off the Shetland coast close to Sumburgh. The ferry was later used to transport the bodies of three of the crash victims to Aberdeen.