Island tunnel backers have said the plan to dig undersea links is more economically viable than the ferry service.
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Shetland is urgently pushing ministers for tunnels to cut the dependence on an ageing ferry fleet - as they hit major financial difficulties in running services, it has emerged.
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Ferry replacements and fixed links were due to be considered as part of the proposals.
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Supermarket shelves in Shetland have been left bare after bad weather resulted in ferries in and out of the islands being cancelled for four days.
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Shetland'S seafood and haulage companies have called for urgent action over a new 'ferry fiasco' which is causing a freight transport crisis in the Northern Isles.
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Ministers have come under fire over a 'nightmare' freight crisis on the Shetland Islands which is seeing a hoard of goods vehicles and trailers left unshipped on a daily basis. [Article requires registration -RS]
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Passengers aboard a NorthLink ferry from Shetland are facing a 213-mile diversion after the vessel suffered a fouled propeller on approach to Aberdeen.
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