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Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore

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Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS
Company typePrivate
IndustryShipping
Founded1998
HeadquartersKristiansand, Norway
Area served
Sweden
Key people
Stefan Erik Eliasson (CEO)
Lars Håkan Larsson (Chairman)
RevenueIncrease NOK 265 million (2010)
NOK 97 million (2010)
NOK 80 million (2010)
ParentViking Supply Ships
Rederi Transatlantic

Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore is an icebreaker shipping company. A joint venture between Viking Supply Ships and Rederi Transatlantic the company operates three icebreakers on contract with the Swedish Maritime Administration for icebreaking in the Baltic Sea from January through March. Commercial management is handled by VSS while Transatlantic is responsible for technical management.

The company was created in 1998 and has also contracted for four anchor handling tug supply vessels for delivery from Astilleros Zamakona during 2009–11. The company is based in Kristiansand, Norway.