Golden Ocean Group

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Golden Ocean Group Limited
Company typePublicly traded limited company
OSE: GOGL
IndustryShipping
Founded2004
HeadquartersHamilton, Bermuda
Key people
John Fredriksen (Chairman and CEO)
ProductsDry bulk shipping
RevenueUS $384.9 million (2010)[1]
US $127.4 million (2010)[1]
US $111.1 million (2010)[1]
Total assetsUS $1.227 billion (end 2010)[1]
Total equityUS $574.5 million (end 2010)[1]
Number of employees
14 (end 2010)[1]
Websitewww.goldenocean.no

Golden Ocean Group is a Bermuda registered, Norway based dry bulk shipping company. The company was created as a demerged part of Frontline in 2004 and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. 40.3% of the company is indirectly owned by John Fredriksen, through Hemen Holding.

The fleet consists of 24 owned vessels (20 under construction), 22 chartered vessels (7 with purchase options), 7 bare boat vessels (all with purchase options), 10 vessels under commercial management (8 ore-bulk-oil carrier, two capesizes under construction) and 9 sold up on yard delivery. 16 of these are capesize while 56 are panamax, of which 1 capesize and 8 panamaxes are sold when delivered from yard.

Management of the fleet is carried out by the Norwegian company Golden Ocean Group Management AS led by Herman Billung (from Klaveness 2005).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Golden Ocean Group. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

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