Two more weeks of Orkney ferry cancellations after MV Pentalina ran aground

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Two more weeks of Orkney ferry cancellations after MV Pentalina ran aground
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Sixty passengers had to be rescued from the 70m-long catamaran after it ran aground near to St Margaret's Hope last month.

Ferry services to and from Orkney face two more weeks of disruption after a vessel ran aground last month.

Pentland Ferries services between St Margaret's Hope and Gills Bay on the mainland have been cancelled until 21 May.No one was injured in the incident, but 60 passengers had to beThe Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Marine Accident Investigation Branch are carrying out separate investigations into the incident.

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