90 employees lose their jobs in Eide Marine Services
Altogether 90 employees are now without work since Eide Marine Services with headquarters in Kvinnherad announces bankruptcy on Monday.
According to Kvinnheringen the company said in a letter to its creditors on Friday that it has no choice but to file for bankruptcy in court.
The company, with a fleet of around 40 vessels engaged in towing and heavy lifting at sea. They were headquartered in Høylandsbygd at Hals Blanca in Kvinnherad.
In 2015 they had a deficit before tax of minus 128 million, according to Bergens Tidende.
– It is a dark day for the whole community in Kvinnherad. It is a dramatic situation, and I think of all those who are out of work and their families, who are entering a time of great uncertainty, said Mayor Peder Sjo Slettebø to Kvinnheringen.
Source: NTB scanpix / Norway Today
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