{"id":118110,"date":"2026-03-10T13:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/898530137"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:45:48","slug":"freight-sailings-disrupted-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/freight-sailings-disrupted-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Freight sailings disrupted on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NORTHLINK has said that Wednesday\u2019s freight sailings are set to be affected by high winds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The passenger sailing of the <em>Hjaltland<\/em> on Wednesday night is also set to be disrupted, with an early departure and likely late arrival.<\/p>\n<p>She will now leave Lerwick at 4pm, with her arrival into Kirkwall expected to be affected by minor delays.<\/p>\n<p>However her arrival into Aberdeen on Thursday morning may be delayed by up to two hours.<\/p>\n<p>The freight sailing of the <em>Helliar<\/em> from Lerwick to Aberdeen has now been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>However the <em>Hildasay<\/em> will sail from Aberdeen at 3pm, and is estimated to arrive into Kirkwall at midnight.<\/p>\n<p>She will then return to Aberdeen instead of travelling north.<\/p>\n<p>Both of tonight\u2019s freight sailings are also set to be delayed, with the <em>Hildasay<\/em>\u2018s arrival into Aberdeen tomorrow likely to be up to three hours late.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Helliar<\/em> is likely to be one hour late arriving into Lerwick tomorrow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"alert-inline-member-2\" class=\"alert-inline member-select-group\">\n<p><strong><em>Shetland News<\/em><\/strong> is asking its readers to consider paying for membership to get additional perks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Removal of third-party ads;<\/li>\n<li>Bookmark posts to read later;<\/li>\n<li>Exclusive curated weekly newsletter;<\/li>\n<li>Hide membership messages;<\/li>\n<li>Comments open for discussion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you appreciate what we do and feel strongly about impartial local journalism, then please become a member of <strong><em>Shetland News<\/em><\/strong> by either making a single payment, or setting up a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription.<\/p>\n<p class=\"row-text sign-in-message\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/account.shetnews.co.uk\/?redirect_to=https:\/\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/2026\/03\/10\/freight-sailings-likely-to-be-cancelled-on-wednesday\/\" title=\"Sign in\"><strong>Sign in<\/strong><\/a> to hide this message.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"account-payments\"><img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/shetlandnews\/assets\/payments_horizontal_2.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"Payment methods accepted\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; has said that Wednesday\u00e2\u0080\u0099s <span class=\"match\">freight<\/span> sailings are set to be &#8230; by up to two hours. The <span class=\"match\">freight<\/span> sailing of the Helliar from Lerwick &#8230; north. Both of tonight\u00e2\u0080\u0099s <span class=\"match\">freight<\/span> sailings are also set to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}