Insight
July 6 2026
The fleet that’s always thereToday (Monday, 6 July) marks the anniversary of Piper Alpha, the disaster that killed 167 men and changed offshore safety for good. One of the outcomes of the Lord Cullen inquiry that followed is a fleet of vessels most people outside the offshore sector may never have heard of, even though they stand by almost every installation in the North Sea, every single day and night.