A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi is a Bergen-based shipping company that operates eight

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s with six newbuildings. The company is privately owned and has divided ownership between one foundation and the Mowinckel family through the founder's J. Ludwig Mowinckel's wife Julie Mowinckel's will and testament - still after 30 years waiting to be settled. The foundation "Magda Muller Mowincels Legat" was set up in 1985 by Magda Mowinckel - the daughter of the founder - and aims to protect and serve for the company's economy and existence. The portfolio consists of

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s, shuttle tankers, and

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s. Two newbuildings are bulk carriers. These vessels are registered in the Norwegian International Ship Register, the

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, on the Bahamas and on Malta. Chaterers include

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and

Teekay Teekay specialise in shipping crude oil. History Teekay was founded in 1973 by Torben Karlshoej, then a 31 year old Danish ship broker who had emigrated to the United States at the age of 20 and mostly worked on farms. The company was named "TK ...

. In 2007, the company reentered the dry bulk market by purchasing two

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newbuilding contracts of from

Golden Ocean Group Golden Ocean Group is a Bermuda-registered, Norway- based dry bulk shipping company. The company was created as a demerged part of Frontline in 2004 and is listed on Nasdaq and the Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange ( no, Oslo Børs) ( ...

for US$45 million. One of the company's vessels, the ''Strinda'', was struck by a missile in Bab-el-Mandeb on 11 December 2023 as part of Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

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Shipping companies of Norway Dry bulk shipping companies Tanker shipping companies Transport companies of Vestland Companies based in Bergen Transport companies established in 1898 1898 establishments in Norway {{Norway-shipping-company-stub