Lerwick port bosses have reported a continued upturn in offshore energy-related business during the third quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n
Their latest figures show increases in cargo, vessel arrivals and total shipping tonnage at the Shetland harbour.<\/p>\n
Over the first nine months of 2019, compared to the same period last year, the amount of cargo handled for the oil and gas sector was up by 77% at 67,537 tonnes.<\/p>\n
Vessel arrivals for oil and gas work were ahead by 14.2% at 289 and the gross tonnage of shipping for the sector jumped by 46.8% to 1,534,941t.<\/p>\n
Port chief executive Calum Grains said: The continuing upward movement in servicing offshore activity in the northern North Sea and Atlantic is encouraging, and we remain cautiously optimistic for the future.<\/p>\n
The total number of arrivals and the tonnage of vessels remained steady at 3,936 vessels and 10,212,403 gross tonnes respectively. Cargo increased by 9% to 679,744t, including a 4% rise in freight on Serco NorthLinks roll-on\/roll-off vessels on the Aberdeen\/Kirkwall routes.<\/p>\n
The daily ferries carried 9.6% more passengers, at 122,061. Fewer-than-anticipated passengers during the March-October cruise season meant total passengers fell by 1% to 197,636 over the nine months.<\/p>\n
There were 182,554 boxes of white-fish landed between January and September, a drop of 8.3% year-on-year, but the value of landings rose by 3.8%.<\/p>\n
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