Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore is an
icebreaker shipping company. A
joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acces ...
between
Viking Supply Ships and
Rederi Transatlantic the company operates three icebreakers on contract with the
Swedish Maritime Administration for icebreaking in the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
from January through March.
Commercial management
Commercial management is "the identification and development of business opportunities and the profitable management of projects and contracts, from inception to completion".
Commercial management within an organization is applied only at policy ...
is handled by VSS while Transatlantic is responsible for
technical management.
The company was created in 1998 and has also contracted for four
anchor handling tug supply vessels for delivery from
Astilleros Zamakona during 2009–11. The company is based in
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
.
Shipping companies of Norway
Companies based in Kristiansand
Transport companies established in 1998
1998 establishments in Norway
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