as ose far industry shipping founded 1956 headquarters lesund norway area served global key people karl johan bakken ceo products ahts psv subsea number of employees 2 200 website www.farstad.com farstad shipping ose far is a publicly listed supply shipping company with corporate headquarters in lesund norway . the company has approximately 2 200 employees whereof 1 965 are employed offshore . farstad shipping focuses on large advanced vessels in the anchor handling supply and subsea segments . the company s operations are mainly concentrated to the markets in north west europe brazil and indian pacific with offices in norway scotland australia singapore and brazil . the company is owned 46 % by the farstad family . farstad shipping has been listed on the oslo stock exchange since 1988 . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 external links 4 references history edit farstad shipping was founded as a traditional shipping company in 1956 . the company was one of the first operators in the north sea that decided to focus on offshore service vessels . in 1973 the company contracted its first supply vessel an anchor handling vessel of the type ut 704 . until the mid 1980s the company grew through various forms of collaboration both with regard to ownership and operations . the acquisition of two service vessel fleets during the second half of the 80 s were important events in the further development of the company . at the same time the company built independent operational and marketing functions . during this period the ship owning part was gathered in one company . from 1990 renewal and growth of the fleet has largely taken place by selling older vessels and implementing a considerable newbuild programme . this growth has been founded in the norwegian maritime cluster . farstad shipping s international presence increased significantly during the 2000s . operations edit farstad shipping is currently among the six largest companies worldwide in the market for large and medium sized supply vessels . about 63 % of this world fleet is in north west europe brazil and indian pacific where the company s activities are mainly concentrated . farstad shipping has a market share measured in the number of vessels of about 6 % in these markets . farstad shipping s fleet consists of the following vessel types anchor handling tug supply vessels specially designed vessels for anchor handling and towing offshore platforms barges and production modules vessels . platform supply vessels specially designed vessels for transporting supplies and equipment to and from offshore installations . these vessels transport general cargo primarily in containers . subsea vessels specially designed for operations at great depths installation and maintenance of seabed facilities . external links edit official website references edit this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article related to a norwegian ship transport company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title farstad shipping & oldid 724687714 categories shipping companies of norwaysupply shipping companiestransport companies of m re og romsdaltransport companies established in 19561956 establishments in norwaycompanies listed on the oslo stock exchangenorwegian shipping company stubshidden categories use dmy dates from june 2013articles needing additional references from june 2013all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk bokm lnorsk nynorsk edit links this page was last modified on 10 june 2016 at 20 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view