verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message grieg group as type private industry shipping headquarters bergen norway area served global number of employees 900 2007 website www.grieg.no grieg group is a shipping and investment corporation based in bergen norway . its main activities include ship operation ship brokering and logistics as well as partial ownership of grieg seafood star shipping and aon grieg . 1 2 history edit in 1884 joachim grieg founded joachim grieg & co. a ship brokerage company in bergen norway . grieg s business grew rapidly and was expanded to include chartering of all types of ships on all world markets as well as contracting and acquisition and sale of ships . the firm also provided marine insurance coverage . 3 4 grieg shipping group edit the division operates 23 open hatch vessels with four more on order that are chartered out to star shipping a company joint owned with masterbulk . the main transported bulk is woodpulp rolled paper and other forestry products . of the company s 561 employees 518 are sailing personnel . the company has offices in bergen mobile shanghai and manila . twenty five percent of the company is owned by the grieg foundation . the foundation s primary purpose is to support sos children s villages . citation needed in may 2014 grieg shipping group made a 49 million financing deal with cit maritime finance and rs platou finans for a general cargo carrier star lygra built 2013 . 5 references edit maritime logistics career at grieg group grieg shipbrokers shipbrokers since 1884 . grieg shipbrokers . retrieved july 1 2016 . thowsen atle . joachim grieg . in helle knut . norsk biografisk leksikon in norwegian . oslo kunnskapsforlaget . retrieved 5 november 2011 . grieg shipbrokers shipbrokers since 1884 . grieg group . retrieved july 1 2016 . http www.tradewindsnews.com finance 337919 greig seals cit finance 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 grieg group & oldid 728779264 categories shipping companies of norwaydry bulk shipping companiescompanies based in bergentransport companies of hordalandnorwegian shipping company stubshidden categories cs1 norwegian language sources no articles needing additional references from december 2013all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2016companies with year of establishment missingall 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 add links this page was last modified on 7 july 2016 at 16 06 . 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