The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Mining / Quarrying Mining And Quarrying Mining Support Service Activities 09.1 - Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
140 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 March 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2010
Foreseen end date
31 March 2010
Description
The Danish company in oil and gas extraction, Maersk oil & Gas, part of the A. P. Maersk Moller Group takes two offshore installations and as a result around 400 employees from many subcontractors will lose their job. This goes especially for the offshore company, Semco Maritime, that will have to dismiss 140 employees on this account. Semco Maritime still has 350 workers in the area. The Semco Group employ around 1,400 people in Denmark especially within heating and plumbing.
Sources
3 March 2010: Jydske Vestkysten
4 March 2010: Børsen
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Semco Maritime, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 70275, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70275.
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