public ose imsk industry shipping founded 1916 headquarters oslo norway area served global key people morits skaugen jr. ceo website www.skaugen.com i.m. skaugen ose imsk or ims is a shipping company that operates within petrochemical gases and liquefied petroleum gas lpg and lightering of crude oil and liquefied natural gas lng . ims is horizontal integrated and designs builds owns and operates its fleet of vessels . the company also owns norgas and skaugen petrotrans . history edit the company dates back to 1916 when isak martinius skaugen founded d s a s eikland . after world war ii skaugen and sven sal n founded the joint venture salen skaugen line that offered passenger and cargo liner service from the united states east coast to the middle east . in the 1960s skaugen entered the norwegian bulk carrier pool and during the 1970s the company co founded royal caribbean cruise line . 1982 saw the founding of norwegian gas carriers along with four other shipping companies . in 1988 the company sold its partial ownership in royal caribbean cruise line and bought the conglomerate kosmos . two years later the company was listed on the oslo stock exchange when it merged with laboremus and kosmos shipping . the kosmos shuttle tanker operation was at the same time spun off in skaugen petrotrans . 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 i. m. skaugen & oldid 647236683 categories shipping companies of norwaytanker shipping companiesgas shipping companiestransport companies established in 19161916 establishments in norwaycompanies listed on the oslo stock exchangenorwegian shipping company stubshidden categories all 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 l edit links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 12 17 . 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