About Odfjell


Number of 
terminals

4
Odfjell lifebuoy on ship deck framing sunset over calm ocean.

Safety first

We provide worldwide, safe and efficient cargo handling and logistics, and serve a wide range of customers –from the oil majors and largest...

Our guiding 
principles

Our history

Steam & steel

1890

Captain Berent Daniel Olsen moves to Bergen with his family to become part of modern shipping: steam and steel.

AS DS Birk

1914

17 November: First Odfjell ship owning company is formally registered, AS DS Birk.

AS Rederi Odfjell

1915

The Odfjell brothers, Fredrik and Abraham Odfjell, incorporate AS Rederiet Odfjell.

First tanker SS Vaarli

1921

Odfjell makes a brief entry into the tanker trade with the SS Vaarli, rebuilt as a tanker

Interview with the CEO

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