SKS

SKS is the operating brand of two shipping companies, SKS OBO Limited and SKS Tankers Limited, sharing common interests. Both companies are subsidiaries of Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi AS. SKS OBO Limited controls 12 Aframax-size Ore-Bulk-Oil (OBO) Carriers – 10 of 110,000 tons deadweight, and 2 of 121,000 tons deadweight - and ten 120,000 tons deadweight product carriers of the D-Class. The OBO carriers are able to alternate between wet and dry cargoes. This concept is not new, however it has been refined in recent years to counter the operational shortcomings of earlier generations of OBO vessels. The criticisms levelled at older generations of OBOs have been answered one by one by the design of the vessels of the SKS fleet. SKS Tankers Limited, Bermuda controls six 160,000 tons deadweight Suezmax-size tankers. These innovative vessels have pure epoxy coated cargo tanks and certain additional fittings to enable the vessels to transport sensitive cargoes such as jet fuel. As such, these vessels are the largest engaged in this trade. Technical management of the SKS fleet is handled by KGJ OBO & Tankers Fleet Management AS in Bergen, and Columbia Shipmanagement in Hamburg. Commercial Management is with SKS in Bergen, Norway. The Jebsen family has interests in other shipping companies, of which KGJ Cement is most well known. This makes possible certain economies of scale and a pool of knowledge in specific areas, of which SKS is able to take advantage.