KLAVENESS SHIP MANAGEMENT

Providing technical and commercial ship management services

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Over 75 years of ship management experience

Klaveness Ship Management (KSM) is exclusively responsible for operating the combination carrier vessels of Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC). Unlike standard dry bulk vessels and chemical tankers, which typically transport either dry or wet cargoes, the combination carriers do both. This demands a specialist approach.

In addition, KSM has broad competence and experience from operating container vessels, dry bulk vessels, chemical tankers, and petroleum product tankers.

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Klaveness Always Safe and Secure

KSM is a value-driven and competence-focused ship management company with the utmost regard for the regions in which we operate. Our commitment extends beyond business and we strive to positively impact both the environment and society with the strictest attention always paid to safety, security, environmental care, and compliance.

This unwavering commitment is embodied in our Klaveness Always Safe and Secure (KLASS) principles. The mantra is not just a set of guidelines, it is a culture passionately embraced onshore, as well by our entire fleet and crew.

Our services

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Technical management

With a robust data platform and advanced digital tools, we are able to provide optimized technical management with a strong focus on safety and highest quality of deliverables, far exceeding traditional ship management.

With our team of highly competent and well experienced subject matter experts, we deliver:
Reputable management services ensuring greater availability of vessels for business with the least possible down time.
An approved and robust ‘Planned Maintenance System’ along with advanced digital tools ensures all areas on board are taken care of in a timely and efficient manner.
An experienced dry-docking team ensuring competitive and comprehensive solutions.
Long term relations with various flag states and classification societies ensures quick and hassle-free flag and management changes, along with prompt support to all requirements.
A robust quality management system ensures the highest levels of safety performance in line with OCIMF, CDI, and TMSA requirements.
Streamlined processes ensure a high focus on quality and optimized deliverables.
An in-house procurement team ensures the highest quality of timely deliveries within approved budgets.
Long term relations with insurance companies along with proven track-records ensures competitive insurance coverages.
Personnel development is deeply ingrained in the our values and policies and we offer:
A unique know-how of recruitment, training and development of maritime personnel with multi-cultural backgrounds developed and sharpened over four decades.
Diverse and multicultural maritime personnel are recruited from Romania, Philippines and South Africa.
With partially owned companies at respective locations set up in close cooperation with the local authorities, we are able to provide an end-to-end service to our customers.
We strongly believe in our seafarers, their development and a long-term commitment from both sides. As a result, we are consistently able to achieve an industry leading retention rate of over 90%. This ensures stable quality and continuity for our customers.
Trainees from the Philippines are recruited through the Norwegian Shipowners Association’s program, while those from Romania and South Africa are recruited through the manning offices in the respective countries.

Newbuild and site management

With a dedicated team of professional and experienced naval architects and local support functions, we can undertake a complete newbuilding project along with the ability to provide a site support team to monitor progress.

The team of highly competent naval architects, with experience in building various customized vessel types, ensures subjective understanding of the varied regulations and offers the best possible services to our customers.
Long-term relations with classification societies ensures the correct understanding of requirements, thereby reducing the processing time and optimizing the performance of the entire project.
The team also specializes in projects that require retrofitting of complex equipment on board various vessel types.
An experienced site team, available locally, is able to provide 24/7 supervision to the ongoing new build and modification projects.

Commercial ship management

Through active engagement with clients, terminal owners and authorities in loading and discharge ports, we deliver commercial Ship Operations from Oslo, Singapore, and Manila.

We work closely with ship owners to continuously look into further improvements through new solutions, measures, and technologies that improve environmental efficiency. We have experience from both implementing small, known technologies to larger pioneering projects.

Decarbonization services

We work closely with ship owners to continuously look into further improvements through new solutions, measures, and technologies that improve environmental efficiency. We have experience from both implementing small, known technologies to larger pioneering projects.

We provide independent, holistic advice and support to various ship owners. Building on our experience as a ship owner, from testing and researching, and the methodology we have developed to measure and estimate effects gives us a unique position within this domain.
• From the shipowner’s perspective, increased energy efficiency has several commercial benefits:
• Reduced fuel cost
• Reduced exposure to future CO2 taxes
• Vessel compliance (EEXI and AER) and energy rating
• Attracting premium rates
Fundamental to successfully reducing a vessel’s carbon intensity lies in being able to identify the suitable solutions to the right vessels and operationalize the plan. We deliver experience and insights with decarbonization solutions providing value for our customers. We have also experience, and are working on, conceptional zero emission solutions.

Seafarers

The crewing department is responsible for developing and maintaining the manning on board our vessels. We have unique know-how in recruitment, training, and development of maritime personnel with multi-national backgrounds.

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Manpower Development Program

Our sea staff consists of cadets, apprentices, trainees, officers and ratings recruited from our manning offices in The Philippines, Romania, and South Africa. All cadets go through the same recruitment and selection process. This includes ability profiling and individual interviews with our staff.

Cadets from the Philippines are recruited through the Norwegian Shipowners Association’s program, while our cadets from Romania and South Africa are recruited through our manning offices in Romania and South Africa.

Our ‘Manpower Development Program’ recruits and trains our future ratings. They undergo a training program at school and in operational ports prior to embarking as deck and engine personnel.

The trainees are recruited through referrals, or from less fortunate areas in The Philippines and South Africa in order to contribute to enhancing social welfare in those areas.

Fleet

	
	
		
				Vessel
				Type
				Built
				Yard
				DWT
				Flag
			

		
					MV Barcarena
					CABU
					March 2001
					Oshima, Japan
					72 562
					NIS
				

					MV Banastar
					CABU
					October 2001
					Oshima, Japan
					72 562
					MI
				

					MV Bangor
					CABU
					October 2002
					Oshima, Japan
					72 562
					NIS
				

					MV Bantry
					CABU
					August 2005
					Oshima, Japan
					72 562
					MI
				

					MV Bakkedal
					CABU
					August 2007
					Oshima, Japan
					72 562
					MI
				

					MV Balboa
					CABU
					September 2016
					Ouhua Zhejiang, China
					80 200
					NIS
				

					MV Baffin
					CABU
					December 2016
					Ouhua Zhejiang, China
					80 200
					MI
				

					MV Ballard
					CABU
					May 2017
					Ouhua Zhejiang, China
					80 200
					NIS
				

					MV Baru
					CLEANBU
					January 2019
					YZJ, China
					82 500
					MI
				

					MV Barracuda
					CLEANBU
					July 2019
					YZJ, China
					82 500
					MI
				

					MV Barramundi
					CLEANBU
					September 2019
					YZJ, China
					82 500
					MI
				

					MV Baleen
					CLEANBU
					August 2020
					YZJ, China
					82 500
					MI
				

					MV Bangus
					CLEANBU
					October 2020
					YZJ, China
					82 500
					MI
				

					MV Baiacu
					CLEANBU
					January 2021
					YZJ, China
					82 500
					MI
				

					MV Bass
					CLEANBU
					March 2021
					YZJ, China
					82 500
					MI
				

					MV Balzani
					CLEANBU
					May 2021
					YZJ, China
					82 500
					MI
				

					Hull #1561
					CABU
					March 2026
					YZJ, China
					83 300
					MI
				

					Hull #1562
					CABU
					June 2026
					YZJ, China
					83 300
					MI
				

					Hull #1563
					CABU
					September 2026
					YZJ, China
					83 300
					MI
				

	

Vessel	Type	Built	Yard	DWT	Flag
MV Barcarena	CABU	March 2001	Oshima, Japan	72 562	NIS
MV Banastar	CABU	October 2001	Oshima, Japan	72 562	MI
MV Bangor	CABU	October 2002	Oshima, Japan	72 562	NIS
MV Bantry	CABU	August 2005	Oshima, Japan	72 562	MI
MV Bakkedal	CABU	August 2007	Oshima, Japan	72 562	MI
MV Balboa	CABU	September 2016	Ouhua Zhejiang, China	80 200	NIS
MV Baffin	CABU	December 2016	Ouhua Zhejiang, China	80 200	MI
MV Ballard	CABU	May 2017	Ouhua Zhejiang, China	80 200	NIS
MV Baru	CLEANBU	January 2019	YZJ, China	82 500	MI
MV Barracuda	CLEANBU	July 2019	YZJ, China	82 500	MI
MV Barramundi	CLEANBU	September 2019	YZJ, China	82 500	MI
MV Baleen	CLEANBU	August 2020	YZJ, China	82 500	MI
MV Bangus	CLEANBU	October 2020	YZJ, China	82 500	MI
MV Baiacu	CLEANBU	January 2021	YZJ, China	82 500	MI
MV Bass	CLEANBU	March 2021	YZJ, China	82 500	MI
MV Balzani	CLEANBU	May 2021	YZJ, China	82 500	MI
Hull #1561	CABU	March 2026	YZJ, China	83 300	MI
Hull #1562	CABU	June 2026	YZJ, China	83 300	MI
Hull #1563	CABU	September 2026	YZJ, China	83 300	MI

Klaveness Maritime Agency Inc.,

Klaveness Maritime Agency, Inc. (KMA), was established in 1984 to support Torvald Klaveness crewing activities.
The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified by DNV GL.
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Barklav Manning Services

Barklav is a joint venture between Klaveness Ship Management AS and Wilhelmsen Ship Management.
The company handles all functions related to crew operations and crew training, including the supervision of officer and ratings development through Cadet and Manpower Development Programs.

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South African Maritime Training Academy (SAMTRA)

Klaveness Ship Management recruit, select and deploy South African seafarers in collaboration with SAMTRA.

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