Grieg Star Shipping provides high quality transportation and logistic services for a number of industries. The Star fleet includes more than 40-50 ships, totaling approx. 2 million deadweight tons. Star, founded in 1961, is owned by Grieg Shipping II AS.

Our vision is to be a world class industrial shipping company and the preferred carrier in our chosen business segments. Long term commitment, specialized vessels and efficient and damage free cargo handling are essential to fulfill the high quality demands of our customers.

The Grieg Star organization is highly skilled and experienced. With 15 offices world wide we provide our customers with excellent service when and where required.

Open Hatch Concept

Grieg Star Shipping has a unique position in the transportation of forestry products worldwide. With close to 30 highly specialized Open Hatch vessels that are tailor made for the carriage of wood pulp, rolled paper and other forestry products. In addition we carry a wide range of other unitized cargoes, project cargoes and containers.

Punctuality, efficiency, quality and flexibility are Star's primary competitive advantages to ensure our customers satisfaction in the long run. We are continuously working to improve every aspect of the cargo handling and transportation process. Our vessels have box shaped holds, gantry cranes with rain protection, tweendecks, dehumidification systems and state-of-the-art cargo handling equipment. This enables us to load and discharge the cargo with a minimum of handling, ensuring safe stowage and minimum delays.

Our Open Hatch business is based on long term contracts and strong relationships.

Conventional Pool

We also operate a modern fleet of geared Handysize/ Handymax bulk carriers, equipped with grabs. This fleet operates worldwide carrying a large variety of cargoes, such as coal, coke, alumina, fertilizers, cement, concentrates, steel products, grain, sugar, salt, scrap and logs.

Container Services

Grieg Star Shipping operates regular container services, between North Europe and the US East Coast/Gulf. The combination of containers, break bulk and project cargoes makes this service unique and competitive.

Our Swedish subsidiary, Atlanticargo, manages our container activities. The office in Gothenburg, together with our staff in North America and our agency network in Europe are dedicated to providing our container shippers with fully integrated door-to-door transportation solutions.

We also frequently transport containers in other trades, either as empty positioning moves or full containers on behalf of other operators.

Star Terminals

Grieg Star offer integrated transport solutions from shipper to end receiver. As an important part of the logistic chain we have long-term agreements with terminals in all major ports serving as consolidation and distrbution hubs.

Grieg Star owns Squamish Terminals, a purpose-built break-bulk terminal located at the north end of Howe Sound - just 32 nautical miles north of the Port of Vancouver in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. Squamish Terminals is a public terminal offering efficient handling of forest products, steel products and special project cargo for loading to or from ocean vessels and barges. With two berths, three warehouses, specialized handling equipment, an experienced work force and an intermodal transportation infrastructure (including rail, ocean and truck), Squamish Terminals efficiently imports and exports cargo to major markets worldwide.

We offer flexible logistic solutions, tailored to our customers' requirements.