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NorthLink Ferries

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Parent organizations Serco
HeadquartersAberdeen
United Kingdom
Founded2006
Key peopleStuart Garrett
Areas served Pentland Firth
Orkney
Shetland Islands
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About NorthLink Ferries


NorthLink Ferries is an operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, as well as ferry services, between mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Since July 2012, it has been operated by international services company Serco.

Severe storms and flooding impact storm Brendan

Feb 16,2020 10:05 am

storm Brendan was followed by the winter showers, high water and more storms in parts of Scotland, causing further travel disruption.

The Storm has led to problems in the whole country with trees and ferry trips canceled.

A yellow wind warning covering, which was issued for the Highlands and Argyll and Bute .

trains of the lines was interrupted due to damaged free on several sections of the railway in Ayrshire.

commuters in the whole country, longer travel times may occur.

The Met Office forecast said:

A separate 24-hours has also been issued for Tuesday.

A Snow and ice entry into force: 01:00 GMT has now been removed.

A street in Applecross Bay in the Highlands storm

"the services was damaged in Monday" to 11 were cancelled for The Day , with a further four routes will be interrupted.

Northlink Ferries also told the passengers there may be disruptions to the services on the Orkney and the Shetland Islands.

All schools in the Uist and Barra were closed and all bus services have been canceled.

Moray College UHI in Elgin is closed for all staff and students due to storm damage. It is again to Work on Wednesday after an emergency repair.

Snow driving affected conditions on the A938 in Carrbridge in the Cairngorms on Tuesday morning

A road along a coast of Applecross Bay , in The Village of Applecross was damaged during The Storm .

Highland Council , said That his staff would be a temporary bypass to allow for repairs on The Road .

Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team was called in to help an injured Walker in the Ben Alder area, but had acceded to difficulties in finding The Man and Tayside mountain rescue, The Search . The Walker was eventually found, with his friends in a bothy.

and described their search after him, as

A Met Office has issued A Warning for high winds over parts of the country, A tree fell in The Garden of A House in the Garthdee area of Aberdeen

The harbour at Fort William was swamped by high water on Monday night.

The Crannog restaurant on the Town Pier , one of The Buildings , the most severely hit.

to calculate winter conditions, icy patches on untreated roads, sidewalks and bike paths.

Snow and ice warning will remain in force until 13:00, covers Central Scotland, Tayside, Fife, Angus, Perth and Kinross, Grampian, highland and Argyll and Bute .

(Sepa) has issued 24 flood warnings and 18 flood alerts.

Large parts of the waterfront area in Stornoway, under the water

high water is expected to combine impacts on different parts of Orkney as a flood with storm force winds.

The Flood -gates in Kirkwall harbour are expected to remain closed for most of The Day with the greatest risk of waves breaking over of on from 11:00 to noon.

the Police Scotland local area commander, Ch TÜV Matt Webb said The Forecast flooding could be the worst hit in the Orkney area since 2005.

Sepa-the head of The High -water services Vincent Fitzsimmons BBC Radio Good Morning Scotland, said program, storm Brendan had brought some of the highest sea level in 15 years in some places.

He added: "It is an unusual and really dangerous combination of Storm Surge , high tides and high coastal waves.

"is The time for concern is really around the High Tide for Oban, Fort William and the Western Isles, which is around 9 o'clock This Morning .

"is Then The Risk shifts to the Orkney in the mid to late morning And Then The Risk continues to be in Moray, Caithness, Aberdeenshire, Stonehaven, and as far as Montrose, where The Flood to the early Evening . "

gritting vehicles were used to clear sections of the A9 near Drumochter

said The Met Office : "Icy patches are likely to develop on Monday Evening and Tuesday morning in such stormy showers fall on cold surfaces, especially untreated roads and sidewalks.

"Snow showers will be North-West of the Great limited the Glen to the end of The Morning . "

Meanwhile, there are two in England and Wales for later on Tuesday. It is A Warning of wind for most of the areas from 12:00 (GMT) until midnight, and for Heavy Rain in London and the South East of England from 13:00 until 9:00 PM on Wednesday.

Seven Stray Cats , an animal care protection centre escaped, after your case is a strong wind, was damaged by The Storm , and Brendan on Monday night.

The wild cats were examined after at Munlochy Animal Aid Shelter on the Black Isle in the Highlands.

- boxes to catch, The Cats were set, in The Hope , then back into The Shelter .

Heavy Snow fell Snow in and around The Village of Daviot, South of Inverness

In the Garthdee area of Aberdeen, one of the residents thought That a branch had blown down, when he received a mobile-phone-Alarm, triggered from his home CCTV system, 16:30.

But if Greg Paluch returned from Work , he was to discover a shock to me, a tree had fallen in his garden and landed only a few inches in front of his doorstep.

Mr Paluch, 35, said: "It could have been worse, given The Height of The Tree . But no one was home, and no one was Hurt - That 's the main thing. "

A large tree also fell near Maybole, South Ayrshire, partially blocking the A77.

Aith Pier in Shetland was hardly visible after the water levels rose

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Source of news: bbc.com

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