Torvald Klaveness Group

Klaveness family · HQ Oslo, Norway · 50 vessels

Primary segment

bulk (CABU/CLEANBU dual-cargo)

Typical contract

4-6 months

Crew pay tier

high (within segment)

Website

https://www.klaveness.com

Overview

Torvald Klaveness Group is a Norwegian family-owned shipping company specialising in combination bulk-and-tanker carriers (CABU and CLEANBU classes). Headquartered in Oslo. Operates around 50 vessels with a high-tech, dual-cargo design philosophy that switches between dry bulk and clean product cargoes — unusual in mainstream shipping.

For seafarers

Contracts 4-6 months with high pay tier. Norwegian-flag operations bring Norwegian seafarer labour-law protections (significantly stronger than open-registry tonnage). Norwegian officer pipeline through Hogeskolen i Tromsø and NTNU; Filipino, Indian, and Eastern European crew at junior and rating levels.

Watch for

Dual-cargo operations require crew trained on both bulk and product-tanker procedures — significant cross-training compared with single-segment operators. The Klaveness vessels are well-paid but the training and certification commitment is correspondingly heavier.

Sources: operator websites + Wikipedia for fleet counts, segments, parent ownership. Pay tier is relative to other operators within the same segment, not across segments. Cross-reference with /companies (the manning + ship-manager directory) and /ships for vessel-specific detail.