references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message shetland islands council ferries ltd type public council owned industry transport area served inter island shetland services ferries owner shetland islands council website http www.shetland.gov.uk ferries shetland islands council ferries often named sic ferries is a company operating inter island ferry services in shetland a subarctic archipelago off the northeast coast of scotland . 1 contents 1 services 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links services edit services of the sic ferries are 2 yell service to the north isle of yell linking toft on the mainland . bluemill service to the north isles of unst and fetlar linking gutcher yell . the fetlar service also opeartes from belmont unst . whalsay service to the isle of whalsay linking laxo on the mainland . out skerries service to the isle of out skerries linking vildin on the mainland . there is also a service from lerwick mainland . bressay service to the isle of bressay linking lerwick on the mainland . papa stour to the isle of papa stour from west burrafirth on the mainland . fleet edit fleet of the sic ferries are mvs dagalien and daggri both built in gda sk poland . they can both carry 145 passengers and 35 cars and are both normally used on the yell service . mvs bigga and giera was built by dunstons hestle and millers st monance and can carry 125 cars and 86 passengers and are both used on the bluemull services . mv filla was built by northern shipbuilders in gda sk and can carry 123 passengers and 25 cars is normally used on the skerries route . mv fivla was built by ferguson alisa and is now used as a stand by vessel . she can carry 15 cars and 45 passengers . mv good shepherd iv was built by millers st monance and can carry 2 cars craned on 3 and 25 passengers and is normally used on the fair isle service . mvs hendra and linga were built by mctay marine bromborough and stocznia polnocna gda sk poland and are both normally used on the whalsay service . they can carry 23 cars and 132 passengers . mv leirna was built by ferguson shipbuilders port glasgow and is used on the bressay service . she can carry 125 passengers and 20 cars . mv snolda was built by sigbjorn iversen norway and is normally used on the papa stour service . it can carry 1 cars and 5 passengers mv thora was built by thorshavnor skipasmidja faroe and is normally used as a stand by vessel and the papa stour service . she is one of the oldest ferries bought in the late 1970s . references edit home . shetland islands council . retrieved 23 may 2011 . service status . sic ferries . retrieved 9 april 2008 . a guide to using our ferries . shetland island council ferries . retrieved 11 august 2012 . external links edit sic ferries official site v t e current ferry operators of scotland international dfds seaways kintyre express p & o ferries stena line domestic argyll ferries caledonian macbrayne clydelink cromarty ferry company inchmurrin island isle of skye ferry company northlink ferries orkney ferries pentland ferries sic ferries steamship sir walter scott trust western ferries retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sic ferries & oldid 647153288 categories ferry companies of scotlandtransport in shetlandcompanies owned by municipalities of scotlandcompanies based in shetlandhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from may 2011all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 21 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view