600 jobs cut among Norwegian offshore carriers

The crisis in the offshore industry is now showing its ugly side to the Norwegian offshore carriers, where 600 jobs have disappeared in just a few months. The crisis is worse than it seems, says one carrier according to Sysla.
Photo: Siem Offshore
Photo: Siem Offshore
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

More than 600 jobs have disappeared among the Norwegian offshore carriers since the crisis picked up speed for real. Norwegian media Sysla has reviewed the carriers offering supply services to the oil companies, which have in recent months been hit by the oil companies' cost reductions. Foreign-based jobs at the Norwegian carriers are also included in the survey, which shows, for instance, that Siem Offshore has laid off 152 employees in Brazil.

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