BW Group
The BW Group comprises BW Gas, BW Maritime and BW Offshore. BW Gas was listed in Oslo in October 2005 as a pure gas shipping company with the BW Group retaining a majority share. BW Offshore followed suit by being listed in May 2006. The other assets remain in private ownership. In 2009, BW Gas was privatised. BW Shipping Managers, later renamed BW Maritime, located in Singapore and with a network of BW Shipping offices around the world, is the commercial and technical manager of BW’s tanker fleet, and the technical manager of a number of BW’s dry bulk vessels. APL, which produces offshore mooring systems, was acquired by BW Offshore in 2007 and operates as an independent subsidiary in Arendal, Norway. Berge Bulk is engaged in the transportation of coal and iron ore, and these vessels are managed but not owned by companies in the BW Group.
The company employs around 300 people in the BW Gas and BW Offshore businesses in Oslo and 120 people at the BW Maritime office in Singapore, with a global network of BW Shipping representative and agency offices. Total staff, including seafarers, number over 4,000.
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