Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has moved its four idle cruiseships into lay-up to reduce costs while it works on a date to resume operations.

The vessels had been anchored in the Firth of Forth, south-eastern Scotland, in March as lockdowns shut down the industry.

Now the company has revealed that at the end of May they were shifted to Babcock’s naval dockyard in Rosyth on the firth to prepare for lay-up.