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Councillor Leslie Angus
Shetland Islands Council
Seafarer Training
“Social Pillar of the European Maritime Policy”
7 November 2011
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Islands: 100+
Populated Islands: 15
Land Area: 1,468 sq kms
Latitude: Lerwick 60º N
Population: 22,000
Unemployment: 1.7%
Working Population: 12,000
The Shetland Islands
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Shetland Islands Economy
Economic Output: €800 million
Fisheries €215 millionOil & Gas €68 millionCreative Industries €29 millionTourism €18 millionAgriculture €14 million
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Presence of the oil industry since the early 1970s
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Tankers loading at Sullom Voe Oil Terminal
Throughput 10m tonnes annually
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Oil Field Service Vessels – supplies, anchor handling, etc…
Oil tanker ‘Braer’ – aground on Shetland, January 1993
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A Variety of Marine Activities…
Inshore Trawler Pelagic trawlers
Salmon farm workboats Reefer loading frozen mackerel for W. Africa
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Cruise Liner
Live Fish CarrierCoastal Container Ship
850,000 tonnes general cargo handled annually in Shetland
24,000 tonnes Salmon farmed annually
5,000 tonnes Mussels grown annually
55 Cruise liners annually - 35,000 pax
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Ferry – UK Mainland Link
Shetland Inter-Islands Ferry
Overnight to Aberdeen. Annually 106,000 passengers; 18,000 cars; 7,000 trailers
One of 12 carrying 40 cars; 100 pax
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NAFC Marine Centre – Shetland School of Nautical Studies
Bridge Simulator Cadet/Engineer Training