The company
The main oil and petrochemical companies of the world are demanding customers both in respect of technical solutions and operating quality. Knutsen OAS Shipping meets these requirements and today operates one of the most sophisticated and modern fleets of purpose-built shuttle tankers, chemical carriers and product tankers world wide. Knutsen OAS Shipping is presently operating the largest fleet of purpose-built DP class shuttle tankers in the world.Knutsen OAS Shipping has extensive experience as operator of tankers for 80 years. The company is operating out of the city of Haugesund on the westcoast of Norway.
Knutsen OAS Shipping have an experienced onshore staff of 64 to handle projects and operation of the fleet. And administrate 430 scandinavian employees offshore and has about 800 foreign employees.
The strategy of the fleet is based on the development of projects from design to operation. The vessels are designed to meet the exact specifications of our charterers.
While the North Sea and Northern Europe have been the main area of operation, Knutsen OAS are now meeting new and exciting challenges in more distant waters, carrying LNG from Egypt to Spain and oil transportation on the Canadian shelf of Newfoundland and Labrador. The contract with Spanish energy company Union Fenosa has a 25-year duration, and the LNG/C Cadiz Knutsen will according to plans be kept occupied in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the Spaniards’ ambitions to replace coal with natural gas. Our two new shuttle tankers built in South Korea are being operated by Canship Ugland, carrying oil for Husky Energy from the White Rose field outside Newfoundland.
In line with our strategy to offer tailor made transportation solutions to the world’s leading energy companies we have also developed and approved a ship for transportation of pressurized natural gas (PNG). We believe it is only a question of time before this market opens up and we wish to be in the front line when it comes to transportation of PNG.