Bergen Tankers AS is a private, family owned company which operates out of Bergen, Norway.
Bergen Tankers AS is an established seaway transporting company carrying oil products in bulk within Northern Europe. The main trading area is along the Norwegian coast; supplying refined oil products and bunkers. The company is fully integrated and handles all related functions such as ship management, operations, crewing and chartering.
Bergen Tankers AS was established in 1991 and has continuously developed and has proven to be:
- flexible and service minded.
- a secure and safe place of employment.
- a financially strong organization.
- trusted, which results in increased activities.
Our strategic decisions are based under conservative consideration and at the same time focused on new technology and marked trends to aid Bergen Tankers AS future development in the shipping industry.
Bergen Tankers AS is divided into three sectors:
- Bunkering of vessels in Bergen, Oslo and in other safe ports on the west coast of Norway.
- Transportation of oil products on the Norwegian coast and the North Sea.
- Oil recovery operations and emergency discharge of bunkers.
Bergen Tankers AS aim is to be in front of development in our marked and has therefore worked for renewal of coastal tonnages. 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.
MT Bergen Star
Vessels have been designed or selected based on the company’s long experience in product tanker operation along the Norwegian coast. Our main focus is safety for the crew and for the ship as well as 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.
The company’s ambition for environmental friendly coastal tankers has been supported by several key organizations which have resulted in the use of innovative technology to ensure all around safety, easy operation and good economical performance. This has resulted in two new ships: MT Bergen Nordic, a chemical/oil tanker built in 2003and MT Bergen Star, an oil tanker built in 2006.
Bergen Tankers AS has a policy to maintain existing business as well as new developments in technology with newer modern double hull tankers, in cooperation with first class charterers on long term agreements.
Bergen Tankers AS operates as of today a fleet of five coastal tankers, two bunkering barges (one is self propelled). Two self propelled bunkering barges are currently under construction in St. Petersburg, Russia. The entire fleet is owned wholly or partly by Bergen Tankers AS. See fleet.
Bergen Tankers AS has a total of 99 employees; 88 employees sail on rotation and 11 are employed in Bergen Tankers AS organization on land. See org. chart.