Women handed plastic tubs for tampon disposal on North Sea vessels
ByDavid McPhee
Women working offshore are being forced to dispose of tampons in plastic tubs due to a lack of bins provided by North Sea vessel firms.
Swire Pacific Offshore, Subsea 7 and Royal Boskalis have all received criticism for a lack of clear company policy on the issue – often leaving female staff with no designated place to discard sanitary products.
On one occasion, Aberdeen-based Swire Pacific Offshore North Sea handed a female worker a plastic box and a plastic bag as a substitute sanitary bin.
And on another occasion a woman was told by a male captain on a Subsea 7 vessel to find the only other female onboard and “ask what she does”.
