papsy

For such a saga over a pier used by one fisherman,peter reid an his son just happed to be at toft pier for the first time in 5 years I wound think,there usually lerwick or scalloway pier users. is it not time somebody went to sullom and cleared up the Malakoff boats to gain pier use or even better remove the pollution boats from Christie annies pier which was left to the fishermen

12 shetlanders on the north boats,not many out of a crew of over 200 between 3 boats,used to be a lot more before they gave the cargo boats away

no cant go,permit holders only shoorly

knew it was to quite,heard theres a meeting a Tuesday night to discuss the future of the ssmo

Any news from there open meeting last night ????????????????

aaa22,there has always been boy racers and always will be,this lad does not seem to be doing anything wrong,hes waited to overtake and not cut right in front of you,i think you need to get a grip of yourself and ask why you need to drive around with cameras in your car, the people that has seen this video today with me all agree that your SAD. If you want to go snopping around with your fancy gadgets go an join the army, most young lads drive very well but you will always get one,you may be a police man but instead of videoing the roads go on the north boats and catch the buggers taking drugs in to the isles, I would personally shake your hand

Redrobie99,am not saying we should deport all in comers but when one keeps breaking in to your ex local shop and ends up in court over it then I think needs must

I think I speak for a few when I say is it not time we deported mr hill out of Shetland,all hes ever done since he came here is cost us money,hes an absolute mence and he does not no how well of he is up here.

I wonder what does come of all the money,time to call the ombudsman !!!!!!!!!!!!

trowie 246,for some one who says they don't no much about it you seem to no a little,just to help you out there was 9 permit holders,3 apoliges and a shellfish buyer who predicted the brown crab was about to close unless some action was taking at the meeting. Scorrie am sorry you got the sack,but as you said goodbye

internet back on,scorrie ur a bigger gibbering idot as I thought,ur working to a firm who buy whole crab an keep the claws an dump the backs,no firm can buy any product and dumped 50 %,if you were doing your job rite you wouldent be excepting soft,black spot crab and reporting the offenders. I am not against part timers but a fair crack at the whip for all,we pay £300 a year for what,there to busy trying to ruin the part timer that there dragging the full timer down

well how little you know scorrie because we put our famous ssmo number on every box landed so if theres any problem with it they know whos landed it.

Well said blue beetle, DAMISSINLINK has not got a clue,he must be land lubber that knows nothing about fishing,the only fishermen wanting the ssmo is the part timer cos what they make clear of there full time job is a bonus. Please tell us how they police the fishery and can tell the fisherman don't have any more than 600 creels in the water with no more than 240 on the velvets. The full time men are trying to make a living by being dictated to by (ssmo committee) 2 ex fishermen who throo in the towel and went ashore,a couple of councillors (who have said to be dismayed with some of there decisions) a shellfish buyer whos needing more shellfish to fullfill his orders and a mixture of full/part time fishermen. If its such a roaring success why are they no orders like it Scotland,as for Orkney they had a vote and voted against it and are setting up there own IFMO (inshore fisherys management organisation),theres far more full time inshore men in Orkney and a dammed sight more creels

Yes that's right ghostrider if your in your in and if your out don't ask for a licence application from cos there not giving any licences out so the wife in the office says,she wont even give you a from to try now. Its no wonder some of the fishermen is concerned with wots going on behind closed doors,around 25 fishermen held a meeting in the tingwall hall on the 03-10-15 and all voted 100% in favour for a no confidence in the chairman and his merry men,so I don't think its business as usual mr chairman, lets hope it gets a bloody good shake up because its needing it

Scorrie your profile pic is full just like your self,any tom,dick or harry can get a ticket to sail but it comes down to seaman ship and that's where nortlink is lacking. Yes your write theres a mate who was on the ola who is capt on the hammavoe,theres a bit of difference between the pentland frith an north sea Westerly wind!!!!! never been heard off all this delays,so yes no doubt about it the older generation of mates/capts is certainly a better breed of seamen ship. I don't care what you write but we have a lifeline service that's not being fulfilled,its commom knowledge that people fall over on route or bang in to bulkheads but that's what you expect in winter in the north sea So scorrie you being a novice of the sea stop writing so much crap when some of us relay on getting our product to the mainland in time to our customers,TIME IS MONEY ask any businessman

bloody hopeless,westerly wind and they cant make a passage,bring back Capt barnes,havin sailed as crew man on the ferrys we never once stayed in port with westerly winds,se/e winds was always the problem,having left early there now diddling to Aberdeen at 13 knots so they arrive at 7am

yes heimdal the cargo boats go that route too with poor weather sumtimes

yes I would think so Shetland peat,lol

could some one tell me why the hjaltland is lying at anchor for two days off Liverpool when she could still hav been on the run trying to catch up will sum of the back log??????????????????

yes that's rite sheatlandpeat,the crew hav to go through the car deck every hour for checks as well as tighting chains,ask them next time you sail.I see landlubber scorrie dribbling again,lol

WELL WHERE DO I START,I THINK JUST ME SHOULD JUMP IN THE BATH WITH SCORRIE WITH THE AMOUNT OF DRIBBLE THEY SPEAK.JUST ME SAYS ABOUT THIS BIG OPEN SPACE THATS GOING TO FILL WITH WATER AND CAPSIZE THE SHIP LOL,THE CAR DECKS IS WATER TIGHT SO NO WATER THERE,THE MORE CARGO THATS ABOARD THE BETTER IT MAKES THE SHIP HEAVIER IN THE SEA AND A BETTER SEA BOAT,THE CHAINS ON THE TRAILORS ARE CHECKED EVERY HOUR AND TIGHTEND IF NEEDED.MR JINGLES ASKED WHAT TICKETS I NEEDED FOR MY ARM CHAIR,WEL AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW I HAV MORE THAN YOU HAV,HE SAYS ABOUT GAINING YOUR STCW 95 CERTS AND HE KNOWS AS WELL AS I ANY BODY SEEMS TO GET THEM,SUM OF THE MEN THAT YOUR SAILED WITH OR STILL SAILING WITH YOU WOULDENT TRUST TO CROSS THE ROAD.THE DAYS OF THE P/O BOATS STAYING IN PORT WAS THE DAYS OF ONLY A 24HR OUTLOOK FORECAST NOW A DAYS YOU HAVE 7 DAY FORECASTS SO NO EXCUSE THRER FOR NOT SAILING.I HAVE TO AGREE RFR937 IT NEEDS URGENT REVEIWING.

Yes am serious paulb,as for kavi ug its a bit fresher now 14hrs on from this morning granted but still possible for a journey north or south,You all know the route when you sign up and the north sea is not the place to be if you don't like weather,It probably would be exhausting trip after trip but that's not happening,as for not liking serco well as the saying goes IF YOU CANT STAND THE HEAT GET OUT, I hear most off the good officers have left or leaveing which says a lot for the job know,just the certain few whos stuck in a rut doing little or who cant progress that's left there.the hjaltland could have left last nite with a quick turn around and back to Aberdeen bye to nite,out of four northlink vessels and not one would move,bring back the days of capt willie Duncan an co

its just a way of saving money,(no blue paint to buy)they don't care how the ferrys look as long as they make money in which there no doing this weekend.they should have sailed lastnite but to no avail, theres no wind sooth of fair isle so they could have gone slowly till they got there and then put on more engines,dont think there getting soft they are soft,vos trapper left lastnite at 4 knots and the Shetland fishing boat venture left this morning and was donig 12 knots bye fair isle this after noon. I think its about time they renewed the officers aboard and got some right seamen,if they had been paying off in Aberdeen the next day they would have sailed,i think the level of seaman ship aboard the north boats is declining and should be addressed a.s.a.p,theres thousands of pounds worth of fish, shellfish and salmon going to be days older because they cant read a forecast

GHOSTRIDER YOU DO JUST SPEAK ABSOLUTE CRAP,ALONG WITH JUST ME.THE PIERS WERE BUILT FOR THE FISHERMEN OF SHETLAND AND THEN A FEW OIL BOATS,NOW ALL THAT THE LPA CARE ABOUT IS PIERSIDE BERTHS FORR OIL OIL AND MORRE OIL BOATS,THERES HARDLY A HALF A DOZEN BERTHS LEFT FOR FISHERMEN,THE MORRISON DOCK WAS BUILT FOR FISHERMEN NAMED AFTER ALEX MORRISON FOR BOATS NOT AN ACCOMADATION BARGE,BUT REMEMBER WHEN THERE GONE THE FISHERMEN WILL STILL BE HERE.THE BARGES SHOULD HAV BEEN PUT UP TO SULLOM WERE THE 4 OIL JETTYS IS HARDLY USED,JUST ME WROTE FINE THE FOR THE LPA TO GET SOME INCOME AT A QUIET TIME OF YEAR,HE OR SHE OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT GO AROUND THE PIERS IN LERWICK TO SEE ALL THE FISHING BOATS LYING 2 AN 3 DEEP,THATS WHY THE 2 SCOTCH BOATS BROKE THERE ROPES AN FELL DOWN ON TO THE FERRY.TIME SOME OFF THE PEN PUSHERS ACTUALLY WHEN OUT FOR A WAIL AND REMEMBER WHO WILL BE HERE WHEN ITS ALL GONE,YES THE FISHERMEN WHO PAYS THERE DUES AND DESERVE A BIT OFF CREDIT !!!!!!!!!!

I think youl find that you wont get any favours out of stuart garret,hes already said its not a lifeline service its a profit making company.ask any body in the isle of man what he did to the steam packet company there!!!!,another thing,if the ferrys cant get in to aberdeen why not go to invergorden or rosthyth,by the way was it really shetland lamd on the menu ??,it says fresh locally caught fish on menu,but it comes from peterhead delivered in a van. mr garret has more tricks up his sleve yet wait an see