SSG No 10 - Shipgaz
SSG No 10 - Shipgaz
SSG No 10 - Shipgaz
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SHIPPING AND SHIP MANAGEMENT<br />
The car carrier the Höegh Dehli fitting out at the Uljanik shipyard for P D Gram & Co,<br />
for operation by Höegh Autoliners.<br />
Those who advocated a national policy<br />
for the maritime industry appear to have<br />
resigned as far as international shipping is<br />
concerned. It may still be possible to save<br />
the maritime offshore technology cluster<br />
for <strong>No</strong>rway, but it will take political com-<br />
mitment and consensus to ensure competitive<br />
conditions.<br />
Basically, the label “<strong>No</strong>rwegian” is still a<br />
rather hazily defined phenomenon in the<br />
shipping industry.<br />
Is it the 40 million DWT of ships as giv-<br />
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over <strong>10</strong>00 subscribers<br />
en by the <strong>No</strong>rwegian Shipowners’ Association<br />
(NSA) statistics, or does it also include<br />
foreign-owned operations carried out in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rway? Or commercial management of<br />
ships on time charter/purchase options? Or<br />
foreign-domiciled companies owned by<br />
<strong>No</strong>rwegian citizens or companies, like<br />
Belden Shipping in Singapore?<br />
Why do the NSA and ISL-Bremen statistics<br />
include Höegh, BW Gas, a bit of Teekay<br />
and <strong>No</strong>rdic American – all formally owned<br />
by Bermuda-registered entities, but not<br />
Frontline or SeaDrill, similarly Bermuda-registered?<br />
And what about commercial operations<br />
conducted by <strong>No</strong>rwegians abroad and<br />
with management at home, like Gearbulk?<br />
The changes in the industry have seen<br />
<strong>No</strong>rwegians investing in companies abroad<br />
– like Eitzen and K G Jebsen – as well as<br />
foreign owners taking over companies in<br />
<strong>No</strong>rway – like Teekay, Sohmen, etc. In<br />
addition, entrepreneurs like John Fredriksen,<br />
Arne Blystad, P D Gram, Stolt-Nielsen<br />
and others are operating from international<br />
domiciles with various degrees of ties to<br />
<strong>No</strong>rway. Some of this may be rightly<br />
included in the statistics, other parts not.<br />
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68 SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING GAZETTE • MAY 21, 2007
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