Mv-Hjaltland

An inquiry has been launched into a dry dock flood which has left the 'Hjaltland' out of action at the Rosyth Shipyard on the night of Feb 20,2025, as a consequence of flooding in the pump room. The work that needed to be done following the flooding was including stripping out and testing all the pumps. Breakers, circuit boards and control panels had to be replaced, cables had to be stripped back and replaced.”there has been a very intensive set of works undertaken since the dry dock incident. It a was unclear when the vessel is due to return to schedule.

On Oct 20, 2024, a rescue helicopter has been scrambled to the 'Hjaltland' following an incident onboard. A passenger has been airlifted from the ferry after suffering from a suspected broken bone in the evening hours off Peterhead. A helicopter from Inverness was sent to hoistt the patient. The 'Hjaltland' was sailing to Orkney and Shetland en route from Aberdeen.

The saliling of the 'Hjaltland' on Feb 18, 2024, from Aberdeen to Lerwick has been cancelled, as well as on Feb 19. The ferry was due to depart Aberdeen for Kirkwall and Lerwick tomorrow at 5 p.m. for technical reasons. The Hjaltland‘s next sailing will be a northbound trip from Aberdeen in the night of Feb 20. The ferry had been due to return to service after having been drydocked in Rosyth since Feb 3. Customers who had been affected havee been contacted and were asked to rearrange their travel for a different day with the ferry operator Northlink.