Gotlandsbåten AB, was started by Pigge Werkelin 2013, and the busiest in the summer, Visby-Västervik and Visby-Nynäshamn with the car ferry HSC Express.
the Company has been described as a contender for Destination Gotland. Competition between them led to low prices during the summer. All in all, it sold Gotlandsbåten 160 000 tickets.
Needed 30 million
at the same time has Gotlandsbåten not been able to show a positive result, but shows up a miljonförlust in the year. According to the company, it was the pressure on ticket prices that made Gotlandsbåtens premiärsäsong not go around.
in Order to be able to run even 2017 need to bring in new shareholders and around sek 30 million in new capital. But it went not.
President looking other solutions
Three åretruntanställda in Gotlandsbåten and a number of employees in the shipping company HSC Nordic is terminated as a result of the decision. Ralph Axelson continues as unpaid PRESIDENT for finding possible future solutions. The ship HSC Express will be now fully available for the charter market.
– It is sad to note that we did not reach forward with the issue. We had many employees, of which now a number of losing their jobs, who gave all for Gotlandsbåten this year and made great and historic contributions, ” says Ralph Axelson, CEO of Gotlandsbåten. They and all of our travelers is worth a big thanks, ” says Ralph Axelson in a statement.
Västervikspolitiker disappointed
” Unfortunate. The first thing we must do now is to take down the sign with the island of Gotland, comments Harald Hjalmarsson, moderate mayor of Limerick news from Gotlandsbåten.
-Over 30 per cent of those who went through the weekend in the summer stopped here. Now we seek to find a long-term solution for how the port can develop. We must do this in cooperation with, among others, Region Gotland and nearby fastlandskommuner, ” says Harald Hjalmarsson to the P4 Gotland.
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