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Transportation / Storage 50 - Water transport 50.1 - Sea and coastal passenger water transport 50.1 - Sea and coastal passenger water transport
147 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 January 2014
Employment effect (start)
8 January 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Finnish Cruise operator Kristina Cruises has sold its vessel Kristina Katarina and announced redundancies of its 147 crew. As announced, the restructuring is due to financial difficulties.
Kristina Cruises started restructuring in November 2013 and ceased cruise operations. The company will continue to organise cruise holidays with ships by other owners. The ship Kristina Katarina was sold to an international business group with operations in Miami.
Sources
8 January 2014: YLE News
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Kristina Cruises, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 76441, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76441.