A record cruise year for Shetland has opened with the arrival of the first of almost 150 ships which are expected this season The 229m (751ft) Viking Venus - with about 900 passengers - berthed at ...

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Lerwick Harbour, Shetland Islands, Scotland, logs best cruise season yet, with number of vessels visiting setting four new records. The records set in the 2012 season, which began in April and ended, ...

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A "seriously ill" pensioner had to be airlifted to hospital from a cruise ship off the Shetland Islands on Thursday. The 76-year-old man was take off the ship operated by Voyages of Discovery by a ...