CEONA goes into administration, 102 jobs lost

Ceona, a SURF and heavy subsea construction contractor in the deepwater market, has gone into administration resulting in 102 jobs lost. 

To remind, CEONA in June confirmed it would be axing staff to keep costs in control due to fall in oil price.

According to CEONA’s press release issued Thursday, Stuart Gardner and Alan Hudson of EY were appointed Joint Administrators of Ceona Holding Limited and Ceona Crewing Limited and Alan Bloom, Alan Hudson and Colin Dempster of EY were appointed Joint Administrators of Ceona Investments Limited and Certain UK Group companies.

The Group, whose head office is in Hammersmith, also holds two other premises in Aberdeen and Houston (USA).

On appointment of the Joint Administrators the business ceased trading leading to a significant reduction in the scale of the business, resulting in 102 redundancies.

18 employees have been retained by the Group in Hammersmith, Houston and Aberdeen to assist the Joint Administrators whilst they seek to realise value in the assets of the Group, CEONA said. In particular, the Joint Administrators now intend to take steps to market for sale the assets of the Group, including the Ceona Amazon.

Alan Bloom, Joint Administrator of the UK Group companies, commented: “In the period leading up to the administration, the Group’s cash flows came under significant strain due to falling demand for the Group’s services as a result of the depressed market conditions and ongoing investment in the Group’s fleet.

“Despite attempts to restructure the Group it was unable to achieve a turnaround on a solvent basis and the Group was therefore placed into administration by the Directors.”

CEONA noted that Ceona Pte Limited, OIG Giant I Pte Ltd and OIG Giant II Pte Ltd are not in an insolvency process and will continue to operate.

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