Belships is a
bulk carrier operator and ship management company, listed on the
Oslo Stock Exchange
Oslo Stock Exchange ( no, Oslo Børs) (OSE: OSLO) is a stock exchange within the Nordic countries and offers Norway’s only regulated markets for securities trading today. The stock exchange offers a full product range including equities, deriv ...
. The company has head offices in
Oslo,
Norway and a management subsidiary in
Singapore.
Belships operates three bulk ships of its own and manages 12 ships owned by
Elkem Chartering, in which Belships owns a 50% share. Belships operates other ships on
bareboat
A bareboat charter or demise charter is an arrangement for the chartering or hiring of a ship or boat, whereby no crew or provisions are included as part of the agreement; instead, the people who rent
Rent may refer to:
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*Renting, ...
or
time charter.
Christen Smith founded the company in 1918 as ''Skibsaktieselskabet Christen Smiths Rederi'', a pioneering
heavy lift specialist. In 1937 the company was restructured, the brothers Axel, Frithjof and Jørgen Lorentzen took a controlling share and the company became listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In the 1960s the company changed its specialism from heavy lift to bulk cargo. In 2018 Belships merged with the Lighthouse companies and the Lorentzen family ended its involvement with the company.
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Commercial management shipping companies
Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
Dry bulk shipping companies
Transport companies established in 1918
Shipping companies of Norway
Norwegian companies established in 1918
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