HOME ABOUT SAFETY & QUALITY NEWS FLEET LIST BUNKERING Prev Next ABOUT BERGEN TANKERS AS COMPANY STRUCTURE AND HISTORY Bergen Tankers AS is a private, family owned company which operates out of Bergen, Norway. The company funder has been in the bunker trade in Western Norway since 1965. In 1991 Bergen Tankers AS was established and the trading area extended with larger vessels in addition to the bunkering service. Bergen Tankers AS is today 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. The company has a total of near 90 employees; near 80 employees sail on rotation and 9 are employed in Bergen Tankers AS organization on shore. MAIN FOCUS Bergen Tankers AS focus on three sectors: Bunkering of vessels in Bergen 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. A MODERN, SAFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY FLEET Bergen Tankers AS operates as of today a fleet of four coastal tankers and two bunkering barges. The entire fleet is owned wholly or partly by Bergen Tankers AS. Bergen Tankers AS aims is to be in front of development in our market. 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. Vessels have been designed or selected based on the company’s long experience in product tanker operation along the Norwegian coast. Our focus is safety for the crew, for the ship and for 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. Bergen Tankers has a high focus on environmental friendly solutions both for the present fleet and for future projects. In close cooperation with Statoil and the Norwegian "Business Sector's NOx Fund" our two ships, Bergen Star and Bergen Nordic have been equipped with technologic solutions which reduces NOx emissions with more than 90 percent. All of our ships run on light fuel oils and Bergen Tankers meet all governmental regulations regarding pollution prevention and emission to air. In 2015 Bergen Viking will be converted into LNG power, which will dramatically reduce both CO2 and NOX emissions from the vessel. All our vessels have double hull. © Bergen Tankers AS - All rights reserved | Develop by Cateno AS - Powered by CLAW