First Olsen Tankers
Encyclopedia
First Olsen Tankers Ltd AS is a Norwegian
shipping company owned by Ganger Rolf ASA
and Bonheur
and affiliated with Fred. Olsen & Co.
The company is registered in Bermuda
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First Olsen Tankers Pte. Ltd. owned the largest ULCC ever built, Knock Nevis, built in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd.
that operated as a floating storage and offloading unit until she was scrapped in 2010.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
shipping company owned by Ganger Rolf ASA
Ganger Rolf ASA
Ganger Rolf ASA is a Norwegian holding company for the Olsen family. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has ownership positions in numerous companies primarily within the energy and shipping sectors, but also other areas such as real estate and mass media. All investments are...
and Bonheur
Bonheur
For the artist, see Rosa BonheurBonheur is a Norwegian holding company for the Olsen family. The company is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange and has ownership in numerous companies within energy, shipping and other sectors. The Bonheur company controls the Ganger Rolf company which has a 19.51%...
and affiliated with Fred. Olsen & Co.
Fred. Olsen & Co.
Fred. Olsen & Co. is a large shipping company based in Oslo, Norway. The company was founded by Petter Olsen in 1848. Today it is the holding company that controls the Olsen family's interest through Bonheur and Ganger Rolf.-History:...
The company is registered in Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
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First Olsen Tankers Pte. Ltd. owned the largest ULCC ever built, Knock Nevis, built in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. is an integrated manufacturer of industrial machinery, automatic weaponry, ships, bridges and steel structure, equipment for environmental protection, including recycling, power transmission equipment, plastic molding machines, laser processing systems, particle...
that operated as a floating storage and offloading unit until she was scrapped in 2010.