As part of the Meriaura Group restructuring, VG-Shipping Ltd. will concentrate ship management and crewing business, as well as all vessels to its daughter company Meriaura. The business transfer will take place by the end of 2021. Aura Mare Ltd. will likewise transfer its human resources and financial management business to Meriaura.
The aim of the restructuring is to simplify the Group’s company structure. The business transfer does not affect the chartering, ship management, shipping, crewing and HR operations of Meriaura Group, and business and operations will continue as before.
VG-Shipping’s sea and shore personnel will transfer to Meriaura as existing employees starting from 1st of January 2022. VG-Shipping and Meriaura do not plan to conduct any reductions or any co-operation negotiations. The organization will mostly remain the unchanged, although there will be adjustments in some individual job descriptions.
“We have systematically moved towards a simpler company structure, which also includes the rebranding of Meriaura Group in the spring of 2021,” says Jussi Mälkiä, Chairman of the Board of Meriaura Group
VG-Shipping will remain as a holding company starting from 1st January 2022. Aura Mare will also remain as a rental and holding company. Beppe Rosin will continue as Managing Director at Meriaura Ltd. and Jussi Mälkiä as Managing Director at VG-Shipping Ltd.
For more information please contact:
Beppe Rosin, Managing Director, Meriaura Ltd. +358 50 557 4323, beppe.rosin@meriaura.fi
Jussi Mälkiä, Chairman of the Board, Meriaura Group, +358 400 785 489, jussi.malkia@meriaura.fi
