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Book your freight vehicle on a ferry between Scotland & the Orkney and Shetland Islands with Northlink Ferries

You can use AferryFreight to book Northlink Ferries freight crossings to Stromness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Scrabster and Aberdeen. You can also check freight facts, sailing information and ferry times for Northlink Ferries below.

Northlink Ferries Freight - Key Facts

Vans - Do I need to travel as freight?

With Northlink, all private use vans exceeding 3.5 tons must be booked as freight. If the vehicle is being used for commercial purposes you must book as freight, regardless of the van type. If your van is under 3.5 tons and you are not travelling for commercial purposes, please visit our passenger website's Northlink Ferries page.

Drivers included in price

Price includes 1 driver

Cabin included

Price includes a berth in a shared cabin

Meals included

No, payable on board with purchase of meal vouchers

Hazardous cargo

Hazardous cargo can be carried, please contact us for more information, quoting the UN number, Class and Packaging Group.

Unaccompanied freight

Accepted

Fuel surcharges

Do not currently apply

Extra surcharges

Vehicles over 2.6m wide have a 50% surcharge

Other

Abnormal Loads must be referred

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Northlink Ferries Freight Sailing Information & Ferry Times

Timetables

Number of Crossings

Duration

Company

Aberdeen - Kirkwall

up to 4 per week

6hrs

Aberdeen - Lerwick

up to 2 per day

from 10hrs

Kirkwall - Aberdeen

up to 3 per week

7hrs 15mins

Kirkwall - Lerwick

up to 4 per week

7hrs 45mins

Lerwick - Aberdeen

up to 7 per week

from 12hrs

Lerwick - Kirkwall

up to 3 per week

5hrs 30mins

Scrabster - Stromness

up to 3 per day

1hr 30mins

Stromness - Scrabster

up to 3 per day

1hr 30mins

About Northlink Ferries

NorthLink Ferries operates lifeline ferry services to the Northern Isles (Orkney & Shetland). NorthLink Ferries is part of the David MacBrayne Group Limited whose sole shareholder is the Scottish Government.

NorthLink Ferries sails daily from Aberdeen to Lerwick with frequent calls at Kirkwall and from Scrabster on the north coast of Scotland to Stromness in Orkney.The freight service is fully integrated with the passenger service, the fleet comprising three passenger vessels and two dedicated freight vessels. The freight vessels can deal with heavy and outsized traffic, livestock and hazardous cargoes.

On board Northlink Ferries

On board services includes comfortable lounges, restaurants, bars, sun decks and shops. A berth in a cabin is also included. Private cabins are available to book, please contact us for further details.

Booking Northlink Ferries with AFerryFreight is easy! Either book online or call our friendly, multi lingual team today on+44 (0)844 576 0060