Bergen Group Skarveland AS has filed for bankruptcy due to lack of new orders and failing results.
The company’s business has been related to pipe installations towards building of ships and deliveries for the offshore and onshore industry.
According to the company, both the shipbuilding and offshore market have over the past year experienced cutbacks, which have had a strong negative impact.
Bergen Group Skarveland is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bergen Group ASA. The company’s non-audited figures for first half 2015 show a turnover of NOK 32 million and an operating loss (EBIT) of NOK 9 million.
The company’s headquarters are located at Sunde in Kvinnherad, in the western part of Norway. As of 31 August, the company had a total of 70 permanent employees.