Westfal-Larsen is a group of shipping company owning 24 open hatch ships and five chemical tanker

Chemical tanker

A chemical tanker is a type of tanker designed to transport chemicals in bulk.Ocean-going chemical tankers generally range from to in size, which is considerably smaller than the average size of other tanker types due to the specialised nature of their cargoes and the size restrictions of the...

s based in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The groups main activities also include investment as well as ship technical and commercial management. Among the subsidiaries is Masterbulk

Masterbulk

Masterbulk Private Limited was established in Singapore in July 1995 following a major spin off from Westfal-Larsen & Co A/S in Bergen, Norway.The Company owns a total of 23 Open Hatch Gantry Crane vessels.Its fleet operates in the drybulk segment and is involved in the transportation of...

 that also owns half of Star Shipping

Star Shipping

Grieg Star Shipping is a shipping company based in Bergen, Norway that operates 60–70 vessels with a total of 3 million deadweight tonnes. The company is a joint venture between Grieg Group and Masterbulk that was founded in 1961. The main area is industrial transport with 50 open hatch ships....

 that manages the fleet of open-hatch ships along with the portfolio of ships belonging to Grieg Shipping. The main company in the group is Skibsaktieselskapet Navigation Co Ltd while most of the shipping activities is performed by Westfal-Larsen & Co. AS. The group was founded by Hans Westfal-Larsen

Hans Westfal-Larsen

Hans Westfal-Larsen in Bergen, Norway was founder of the shipping company Westfal-Larsen. He was married to Anna Fredrikke Hansen . They had two children. He was founder of H. Westfal-Larsen og wife Anna Westfal-Larsen Foundation....

in 1905.