Bergen Tankers is today an established seaway transporting company carrying oil products, chemicals and LNG within Northern Europe
Bergen Tankers is a private, family owned company with more than 60 years of experience in the industry and operates out of Bergen, Norway.
The company funder has been in the bunker trade in Western Norway since 1965. In 1991 Bergen Tankers was established and the trading area extended with larger vessels in addition to the bunkering service.
Bergen Tankers is today an established seaway transporting company carrying oil products, chemicals and LNG within Northern Europe. The main trading area is along the Norwegian coast; supplying refined oil products and LNG/MGO bunkers.
The company is fully integrated and handles all related functions such as ship management, operations, crewing and chartering.
HISTORY
The history of Bergen Tankers dates back to 1965, when Mr. Olav Haugland started “Haugland Bunkerservice” – a supplier of bunkers and lubricants in Bergen. Competition was fierce also back then, and Haugland Bunkerservice was one of 11 suppliers in Bergen.
After hard work and efforts to establish as a strong player in Bergen, “Bergen Tankers” was founded in 1991, where Mr. Haugland now acts as the Chairman of the Board.
In the early years of the company, Bergen Tankers operated a fleet of 3 vessels ranging from 300 DWT to 600 DWT on spot and CoA’s for their main clients Esso, BP, Shell, Hydro, and Statoil along the Norwegian Coast.
In 1995 the business expanded into the chemical and specialised marked, entering a longterm Timecharter with GC Rieber, operating in North West Europe.
The main area of business had always been on the Norwegian Coast, but the Timcharter with GC Rieber opened new doors, and in 1999 the fleet was ranging from 300 dwt to 2500 DWT vessels, and operating on both spot and CoA’s with CPP and chemicals within ports in North West Europe.
In 2003 Bergen Tankers concluded a long-term Timecharter Agreement with Statoil (now Equinor) for two newbuildings, namely “Bergen Star” and “Bergen Nordic” – with a capacity of carrying 4000-5000 CBM. A milestone for the company, and which secured stable business and new opportunities for growth going forward.
From 2003 until the next newbuilding program started in 2007, Bergen Tankers acquired the bunkering activity in Oslofjorden from Shell, and bunkering of “Color Line” became regular business.
Along with the bunkering activity in Oslofjorden and a longterm CoA with “Hurtigruten” in Bergen, Bergen Tankers signed a contract for building two barges at Nevsky Shipbuilding in St Petersburg, Russia. The barges “Bergen Tank” and “Oslo Tank” were delivered in 2010, and represented a new type of quality vessels for the bunkering-fleet in Norway.
In 2009 the company purchased both “Bergen Faith” which entered a Timecharter with Esso, and “Bergen Troll” which entered a Timecharter with Shell. Later in 2010, “Bergen Viking”, built in 2007, was purchased and entered a longterm contract with Shell, where she replaced “Bergen Troll”. “Bergen Viking” traded frequently between ports in Denmark, Sweden and Norway prior to entering a new longterm Timecharter with Equinor.
Bergen Tankers have always had a focus on the environment and safety, together with a desire to be in front of development in the market and the industry. To mention some of the measures taken; we installed catalaysators (SCR) in 2008 on our coastal traders which reduces NOX emissions with 90%, our barges are able to connect and use shore electricity, and we converted “Bergen Viking” from using MGO to LNG fuel in 2015, as the first pure LNG-driven tanker in the world. The LNG conversion reduced CO2 emissions by 20%, NOx by 90% and particles by 100%.
Our latest project in 2019 is to rebuild one of our smallest barges, “Oslo Tank”, from being a conventional bunker fuel barge into a LNG-barge with a carrying capacity of 850 CBM LNG – as first of its kind in Norway.
With a long history and a continuous strong presence in our markets, we are very excited to see what the future brings!
MAIN FOCUS
Bergen Tankers focus on three sectors:
- Bunkering of vessels in Bergen and in other safe ports on the west coast of Norway.
- Transportation of oil products and LNG on the Norwegian coast and the North Sea.
- Oil recovery/de-bunkering operations and emergency discharge of bunkers.
A MODERN, SAFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY FLEET
Bergen Tankers operates as of today a fleet of three coastal tankers and two bunkering barges. The entire fleet is owned wholly or partly by Bergen Tankers.
Bergen Tankers aims is to be in front of development in our market. Since 1998 the company has spent extensive time and resources in order to secure newer tailor made tankers with a safer distribution method of oil products and bunkers operations.
Vessels have been designed or selected based on the company’s long experience in product tanker operation along the Norwegian coast. Our focus is safety for the crew, for the ship and for its cargo. To achieve and improve safety margins, the company relies on the redundancy of critical equipment, a highly competent crew and tailor made operation plans and procedures.
Bergen Tankers has a high focus on environmentally friendly solutions both for the present fleet and for future projects. In close cooperation with Equinor and the Norwegian “Business Sector’s NOx Fund” our two vessels, Bergen Star and Bergen Viking have been equipped with technologic solutions which reduces NOx emissions with more than 90 percent. All of our ships run on MGO or LNG, and Bergen Tankers meet all governmental regulations regarding pollution prevention and emission to air. All our vessels have double hull, and are vetted by Oil Major companies.
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