![The Whalsay ferry Linga.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/131031_Linga-240x140.jpg)
SIC left in ‘dire position’ following ferry funding shortfall
![The Whalsay ferry Linga.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/131031_Linga-240x140.jpg)
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![The council currently uses its own resources for nearly half the cost of running the inter-island ferry service.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Bressay_ferry_terminal-240x140.jpg)
![Two of NorthLink's three passenger ferries. Photo Will Rodger](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Hjaltland_and_Hrossey._Photo_Will_Rodger-240x140.jpg)
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![Sn letters - letter at Shetlandnews.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/181110-letters-240x140.jpg)
![NorthLink has confirmed more cancellations.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/141006__Hrossey_leaving-240x140.jpg)
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![NorthLink freight boat Hildasay.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/160428_Hildasay-240x140.jpg)
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![The Skerries ferry Filla, whose timetable is to be cut as part of the council's savings programme.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Filla-240x140.jpg)
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![NorthLink ferries Hjaltland and Hrossey. Photo Will Rodger](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Hjaltland_and_Hrossey._Photo_Will_Rodger-240x140.jpg)
![The Whalsay ferry Hendra making her first run to Vidlin on Wednesday morning - Photo: Hans J Marter/ShetNews](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/150121-Ferries-back-in-action-240x140.jpg)
![If this ferry terminal was in the western isles rather than Toft it would have been paid for by the Scottish government.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/150422_Toft_ferry_terminal-240x140.jpg)
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![NorthLink passenger ferry MV Hrossey.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/150108_Hrossey-240x140.jpg)
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![Linga](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/131031_Linga-240x140.jpg)
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![Islanders want to see the Hendra being re-introduced during the weekend.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/180607_Hendra-240x140.png)
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![The Bluemull Sound ferry terminal.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Bluemull_Sound_ferry-240x140.jpg)
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![MV Hjaltland arriving in Lerwick at lunchtime on Friday. Photo: Shetland News.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_5946-240x140.jpg)
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![The ferry terminal at Toft, the gateway from the Shetland mainland to Yell, Unst and Fetlar.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150422_Toft_ferry_terminal-240x140.jpg)
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