Type
Business expansion
Country
Norway
Region
Norge; Nord-Norge; Troms
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Water Transport
50 - Water transport

150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
28 August 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2008
Foreseen end date
31 August 2010

Description

Troms Offshore, provider of supply vessels for offshore oil activities has announced the creation of 150 new jobs. At the Offshore Northern Seas conference, the company announced investment in 5 new supply vessels which will be mainly manned with crew from northern Norway. The managing director, Svein Hoel, told the newspaper Nordlys, that this means an employment growth of 150 in the coming years. The company, which operates in Norwegian and international waters has grown from 50 to 310 employees over the last 3 years.


Sources

  • 28 August 2008: Nordlys

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Troms Offshore, Business expansion in Norway, factsheet number 67007, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67007.