Leading sponsors

 

Based in Oslo and spanning the globe with offices in about 100 countries, DNV has established itself as a global leader in ship classification, with expertise and experience protecting the assets and values of some of the world’s largest and most demanding shipowners and maritime customers. DNV backs Nor-Shipping as a key venue for meeting the industry’s technology and business leaders, and building crucial relationships.

When it comes to propulsion and power systems for the maritime industry, ABB has established a reputation for performance and leadership. Countless successful deliveries, intensive product development and strong service keep ABB at the top. ABB is a leading sponsor of Nor-Shipping in 2011 and contributes to making the maritime event week in Oslo next May a place where the maritime industry’s leaders meet.

DNB is Norway’s largest financial institution. With a 190 year history, DNB plays a central role in Norway’s economic environment, both in the retail and in the corporate sectors. It is one of the world’s leading shipping and offshore banks, with a world-wide coverage from Oslo, Bergen, London, New York, Singapore, Athens and Shanghai. We are proud of the fact that many of the world’s leading maritime companies choose us as their financial partner. DNB provides a complete set of corporate and investment banking services.

  • Commercial lending and Debt Capital Market services
  • Investment Banking services including M&A and advisory
  • Regional and global Cash Management services
  • Deposits, Guarantees and Trade Finance
  • Fx, interest rate and commodity hedging

DNB believes that Norshipping 2013 is this year’s most important event in the shipping industry, which we are very pleased to support.

The Jotun Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of paints, coatings and powder coatings. The group has 74 companies and 40 production facilities on all continents. Including the total network of legal companies, agents, branch offices and distributors Jotun is represented in more than 80 countries. Jotun is recognised as a leading supplier of high quality coatings and the most advanced range of antifoulings and is active in every aspect of the coating technology and advises customers on the most effective solutions to the prevention of corrosion and fouling.

Kongsberg Maritime provides its worldwide customers with some of the most innovative and dependable marine electronics on the market. It is a market leader in dynamic positioning systems, automation and surveillance systems, process automation, satellite navigation and hydroacoustics. Kongsberg Maritime is one of many leaders that count on Nor-Shipping to communicate great ideas.

PwC’s auditors, consultants and lawyers have grown their expertise in shipping and energy along with the successful development of the two industries in Norway. Today, we are the largest professional services network in Norway. We focus on advice that increases our clients’ value creation through strengthened governance and control. With 160,000 associated colleagues in 154 countries the scope of our solutions is both wide and deep, whether we help Norwegian shipping and energy companies at home and abroad or we help international companies set up and grow their shipping and energy business in Norway. These days we help an increasing number of Norwegian companies take part in the promising future of the Brazilian petroleum industry. Our approach is always the same: every business can be improved.

RS Platou serves the shipping and offshore industry worldwide by providing services within chartering, sale and purchase and contracting of ships and offshore units. Through our ownership in RS Platou Markets and RS Platou Finance, we offer expertise within investment banking services and equity syndication of shipping and offshore products. Our core services are complemented by a variety of research material and market reports provided by our economic and financial research groups. As a leading sponsor of Nor-Shipping 2011, RS Platou invites you to join the industry’s biggest event week.

STX OSV (formerly known as Aker Yards) is an international shipbuilding group focusing on complex and sophisticated vessels, primarily within the market segments Cruise & Ferries and Offshore & Specialized Vessels. STX OSV is one of the world’s largest shipbuilders, with 16 000 employees at 15 shipyards in Norway, Finland, France, Romania, Brazil and Vietnam. STX OSV is part of the STX Business Group, a conglomerate of industrial companies with worldwide operations within shipping and trade, shipbuilding and machinery, plant and construction, and energy.

TradeWinds is the shipping industry’s most successful newspaper and unequalled in its news coverage and in depth reports. With approximately 8,000 fully paid subscribers around the world’s maritime centres, over 50,000 weekly readers and over 1.2 million page impressions per month, it’s enviable position is the result of a single-minded pursuit of hard-hitting and entertaining journalism, quality information and breaking news. Our portfolio includes online daily news reporting, web TV and events. As a leading sponsor and key partner to Nor-Shipping, TradeWinds will publish the official daily exhibition newspaper and host the leading conference during the week. TradeWinds remains the most dominant media channel during the biggest shipping event in 2011.

Wilhelmsen Maritime Services occupies a leading position in the maritime service industry with a global network capable of serving customers in more than 2 200 ports in some 115 countries. Through its three subsidiaries, Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions, Wilhelmsen Ship Management and Wilhelmsen Ships Service, it offers shipyards, owners, charterers and management companies a comprehensive range of engineered solutions, products and services which significantly improve customers’ operational efficiency. Wilhelmsen Maritime Services perceives Nor-Shipping as one of the most important maritime industry events in 2011. It provides an ideal arena to meet the innovators and decision makers of the industry.

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