The Varagen grounding incident was due to a “technical failure”, Orkney council has said.

Three investigations into the grounding of the Orkney Ferries vessel Varagen have now wrapped up.

Orkney Council has said the incident was down to an “isolated technical failure.”

The Varagen ran aground 100m off Rapness pier, Westray, on the evening of Friday, November 11.

Forty-one passengers and ten crew were on board at the time, with no injuries recorded.

There was no water ingress within the Varagen or pollution outwith and the vessel was re-floated and berthed at Rapness.

Passengers were allowed to disembark before the 33-year-old ferry was tug-escorted back to Kirkwall in the early hours of Saturday, November 12.

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