SHETLAND has named its biggest ever team for an Island Games ahead of this July’s event in Orkney. The 175-strong team was announced by Shetland Islands Games Association (SIGA) today, with 146 ...

Swimmers from Wick were praised as a credit to their club after crossing the Pentland Firth to take part in the third annual Orkney Open Meet. The two-day meet in Kirkwall’s Pickaquoy Centre, hosted ...

May 19, 2025 at 7:05 am A new vessel trialling hydrofoil technology has arrived in Orkney. (Colin Keldie / EMEC) An electric hydrofoil vessel has arrived in Orkney to begin sea trials prior to being ...

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 ...

Artemis electric hydrofoil vessel arrives in Orkney Images courtesy of Colin Keldie – EMEC. The fully electric Artemis EF-12 Workboat XL hydrofoil vessel, which will serve as a ferry between the ...

Artemis Technologies, Orkney Ferries and the European Marine Energy Centre are to begin sea trials on a fully electric hydrofoil ferry in Orkney, Scotland.The trials will enable the organisations to ...

Northern Turbine Services, a specialist provider of installation, repair, and maintenance for onshore wind turbines, has secured £300,000 in funding from the Royal Bank of Scotland to purchase its ...

Beyond the village, Orkney features notable ceremonial and burial sites from the same period. The Ring of Brodgar is a large stone circle that remains standing today, showing the collective ...

Dozens of jobs have been cut at an oil terminal in Orkney. The number of workers at Flotta site has been “significantly reduced” with around 156 employees remaining. Unite the union has said “hostile” ...

Portland and South Portland police officers and Southern Maine Regional SWAT Team members went to 19 Orkney St. in Portland around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to arrest 19-year-old Miles Hibbard and search his ...

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