Press Release

8 MAY 2006

 

The first of this season's cruise liners, the 'Black Prince', arrived at Stornoway Harbour this morning. The 11,209 tonne vessel, operated by Fred Olsen Cruises, was on a short stopover at Stornoway, as part of a cruise from Scotland to Scandinavia .

 

The ship is carrying 402 passengers, mostly UK citizens and including 4 Lewis based passengers who joined the vessel today.

 

The 'Black Prince' is a regular visitor to Stornoway, calling in at least once a year. She may lack the opulence and glitz of the Cunard Line Ships, but offers a more traditional cruise with more than a hint of luxury in a convivial atmosphere, attracting the same clientele year on year.

 

The 'Black Prince' sailed from Stornoway at 1700 hours, bound for Gothenburg.

 

 

 

 

 

The oil support vessel 'Far Fosna' made a rare visit to Stornoway harbour on Saturday. The Norwegian flagged 'Far Fosna' is a specialised anchor handling tug used to assist with re-location and mooring of mobile drilling rigs. On this occasion, the 'Far Fosna' was escorting a drilling rig on passage to West Ireland , but diverted to Stornoway for a crew change. The vessels owners, Farstad Shipping of Norway , took full advantage of the close proximity of the Port to the Airport and flew in a charter flight from Aalesund to carry out the crew change of 12 personnel.