Torvald Klaveness Group

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Torvald Klaveness Group
Founded1946  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
FounderTorvald Faye Klaveness
Headquarters
Oslo   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Number of locations
4
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Trond Harald Klaveness (Chairman)
Headquarters at Vaekero, Oslo. Oslo office.jpg
Headquarters at Vækerø, Oslo.

The Torvald Klaveness Group is a Norwegian shipping company founded in 1946. Klaveness Marine was demerged from it in 2011.

History

The company was founded by Torvald Faye Klaveness in 1946, who served as the company's president and chief executive officer until 1989. He was succeeded by his son Tom Erik Klaveness, who was later succeeded by another of Torvald's sons Trond Harald Klaveness in 2006. [1] [2] [3]

By the early 2000s the company owned a fleet of almost 150 bulk cargo vessels. [4] In 2011 the two Klaveness brothers decided to demerge the holding and real estate division, forming Klaveness Marine with Tom Erik Klaveness as majority owner. Trond Harald Klaveness continued in the Torvald Klaveness Group which remained a shipping company, but now as president whereas Lasse Kristoffersen became the new chief executive. [5]

In 2018, the company announced it was forming new bulker company Klaveness Combination Carriers, [6] which subsequently declared listing on Oslo Stock Exchange. [7] In January 2020, Klaveness joined forces with Japan's Marubeni to form the world's largest panamax pool. [8]

In April 2022, Lasse Kristoffersen signed off as company CEO, [9] with Ernst Meyer becoming the new President and CEO. [10]

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References

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  2. "History". Torvald Klaveness Group. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  3. "History". Klaveness Marine. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  4. "Torvald Klaveness Gruppen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  5. Sægrov, Bjørn (13 September 2011). "Delte broderlig". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 21.
  6. Chambers, Sam (2018-04-27). "Klaveness launches dedicated new combination carrier company". Splash247. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  7. Birkett (5c2cd30fe28f6), Holly (2019-05-20). "Klaveness Combination Carriers sets date for Oslo listing | TradeWinds". TradeWinds | Latest shipping and maritime news. Retrieved 2022-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. Rowles, Grant (2020-01-22). "Marubeni and Klaveness combine panamax bulker pools". Splash247. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  9. Dixon (g_dixon), Gary (2022-03-29). "Klaveness boss Lasse Kristoffersen signs off with a record $100m profit | TradeWinds". TradeWinds | Latest shipping and maritime news. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  10. "Torvald Klaveness Names Ernst Meyer CEO". MarineLink. 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-12-07.