The Mariner Sentinel. Pic: Sentinel Marine
A North Sea support vessel firm has welcomed a government move to exempt oil workers from quarantine rules.
Aberdeen-based Sentinel Marine said the decision to exempt workers from the 14-day isolation period would allow it to gradually return to normal crew change patterns, allowing seafarers to “be reunited with family sooner”.
Seafarers have been substantially extending their trips out to sea in light of lockdown measures, as quarantine rules had caused issues with crewing up vessels with many workers coming from abroad.
Sentinel has a total crew of 300 across 10 emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRVs).
Chief executive Rory Deans said: “The exemption of these workers from isolation or quarantine measures when they return