Last minute bid by Ponticelli and Semco Maritime to avert North Sea strikes fails
An eleventh hour bid to avert huge North Sea strikes has failed after workers rejected an updated offer.
An eleventh hour bid to avert huge North Sea strikes has failed after workers rejected an updated offer.
Strikes involving more than 200 North Sea workers have been called off.
Unite has announced a series of North Sea strikes will begin next month for Petrofac and Aker Solutions workers in defiance to plans to change rotas.
Strike action by workers begins today on North Sea platforms operated by French oil giant Total.
North Sea workers are expected to go on strike next month in a dispute with Total over pay and working hours.
Shetland Coastguardโs helicopter was called out this morning when an oil rig worker suffered a heart attack.
Total has been hit with an improvement notice for the Dunbar installation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
A major operation is under way to rescue an 82-year-old yachtsman whose stricken vessel started drifting towards a gas platform in the North Sea.