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.