vessels includes crude oil supertankers, refined oil tankers, LNG and LPG carriers, floating storage and regasification (FSRU) units, chemical tankers and floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units.

BW Group’s predecessor companies are World-Wide Shipping and Bergesen d.y. ASA. In 2002, World-Wide Shipping, a privately-owned tanker and bulk shipping company founded in Hong Kong in 1955 by the late Sir Y.K. Pao, acquired Bergesen, Norway’s largest shipping company, founded in 1935. The combined group has been delivering energy and other vital commodities for more than 75 years.

BW Maritime is involved in corporate activities across the BW Group. BW Shipping handles sales and purchase, gas solutions and commercial management of a fleet of modern oil and gas carriers. BW Fleet Management is our in-house ship management company with newbuilding responsibilities. BW Ventures, through Green Marine Capital, invests in environmentally friendly technologies in the maritime industry. BW Group has a 49% share in BW Offshore, the offshore oil and gas production business.

BW Group employs more than 4,500 people including seafarers, and has offices in countries such as Singapore, Norway, China, Bermuda, India, the Philippines and Cyprus. BW Offshore and BW LPG are listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Together, BW Group manages the world’s largest independently-owned and operated fleet of gas carriers (LNG and LPG), and the second largest fleet of FPSO vessels.

BW conducts its operations, both ashore and on board the vessels we manage, in a way that protects the health and safety of all employees and other individuals, preserves the environment and avoids damage to ships and property.