Nine months were not enough to restructure and relaunch the Norwegian road haulage company Ttn Trucking, which specialised in the international transport of fresh fish and perishable goods. On 26 June 2026, Romerike og Glåmdal tingrett (Romerike og Glåmdal District Court) declared the company’s liquidation. The debt restructuring plan provided for payment of 60% of unsecured claims, with the remaining 40% to be written off. The plan failed to secure the necessary support because creditors, with Skatteetaten (Norwegian Tax Administration) as the main opposing voice, voted against the proposal, thereby opening bankruptcy proceedings. The company was part of the Thermo-Transit group, Girteka’s holding company dedicated to temperature-controlled transport. As a result, 44 employees have lost their jobs, the number that remained after restructuring began, down from the original 89.
At the heart of the case is a tax claim linked to the non-recognition of reduced social security contribution rates available to companies with a genuine operational presence in Alta, in the Finnmark and Nord-Troms region, where Ttn Trucking had its historic headquarters and where a preferential regime for social contributions remained in force until 2024. According to Skatteetaten, the company’s effective management, leadership and workforce did not have a sufficient connection with the area. The dispute concerns the years 2018-2023, with the first notice from the agency dating back to 2024. This was compounded by accounts that were already loss-making, regardless of the tax dispute.
Thermo-Transit chief executive Mirza Sabanović, who was appointed to lead the holding company in June 2025, rejected Skatteetaten’s position by filing an appeal and stated that Thermo-Transit continues to operate as normal despite the bankruptcy of its Norwegian operating subsidiary. The case forms part of a wider tax dispute between Girteka and the Norwegian authorities. The tax administration is seeking around €4.2 million from the Lithuanian group in employer social security contributions for the period 2018-2023, and Girteka has challenged the claim before Skatteklagenemnda (Norwegian Tax Appeal Board), with a final decision not expected before the end of 2027. In Norway, the group had previously faced allegations of illegal cabotage relating to the 2019-2020 period, as well as union reports concerning the pay of drivers employed in this type of operation.
On 1 July 2026, Girteka launched a reorganisation of the management of its Scandinavian operations, appointing Pavel Kveten to head the newly established "Girteka Nordic" in place of Marius Čatrauskas, with the aim of simplifying management and strengthening coordination in temperature-controlled transport. The move follows an earlier change at the top of Thermo-Transit in 2025, when the then chief executive was removed during a phase of reorganisation at the group’s Norwegian subsidiary.
