SCOTTISH Secretary Jim Murphy said last night that North Sea workers commuting to platforms offshore by helicopter may have personal safety beacons restored to their survival gear.
A BODY representing the UK's oil and gas industry is expected to meet an Australian firm which claims to have designed a replacement for controversial personal locator beacons for offshore workers.
A pioneering new safety system that will track the movement of all offshore helicopters will go live in the North Sea next month, the Press and Journal can reveal.
North Sea oil companies last night agreed to stop using personal locator beacons pending a full investigation into their interference with helicopter equipment.
