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The inception of BP Shipping Agency Ltd in 1990 by Managing Director, Mr Olafsson, was a direct result of the increasing demand for specialized ship brokers in the global fishing industry. Mr. Olafsson has over 30 years of experience in the fishing industry, as a vessel owner, captain and machine engineer.
BP Shipping Agency Ltd. is a fully integrated ship brokerage providing services for modern fishing requirements ranging from sales & purchase, crewing, ship management, charter of fishing vessels to consultancy for new building projects of fishing vessels. With more than 30 years of experience in the fishing industry, we strive to provide our clients with innovative solutions for their fishing requirements. Through an extensive network of customers and brokers worldwide, combined with in-depth knowledge of the market, we believe that we can give our partners and clients with the best available service, in face of increasing regulation on International fishing activity.
Status in the marine Industry: The company’s focus is determined by the client’s requirements. We strive to provide our clients with the vessel they need and within their financial outlays. The company also acts as a technical advisor to the other companies and joint ventures and has through the years spearheaded several innovative projects. Status in the world fishing industry: BP Shipping Agency offers a combination of creativity and professional managament, in providing services to the world fishing industry. Our activities in the world fishing Industry are based both domestically and Internationally. We cover several fields of business, servicing the fishing industry. Our range of services includes valuations, crewing, equipment and spare supplies. BP Shipping Agency Ltd is truly a global company, doing business in many markets around the world. Since the company’s founding we have sold vessels to over 30 nations in the 5 continents. We attribute our success in different markets to our 30 years of international experience and our ever-expanding world wide marketing network. We focus on market expertise and international experience in the fishing Industry on helping your business increase its productivity and effectiveness. It is our expertise and experience, which make sales happen. New building projects: Our shipyard program offers a wide range of fishing vessel construction and reconstruction activities. Drawing on our multi discipline resources we can fulfil a broad range of requirements and provide a variety of solutions. With an experienced multi-national team, BP Shipping is continually involved in negotiations for all types of fishing vessels and provides maximum benefit to the fishing vessel owners, through the entire new building project. Through constant activity, the BP Shipping team remains at the fore front of knowledge and experience in legal, financial, technical and commercial innovation, combined with an intimate awareness of global shipyard capacity, ability and pricing. Our clients benefit from this experience with BP Shipping’s commitment to discreet, time honoured, private and confidential service.
Our Agency offers the following services for new buildings: Procurements of competitive quotations for a complete package of new buildings design and construction packages for a variety of constructions, which are designed by BP Shipping Agency Ltd. or by specialized Naval Architects and Engineering agencies througout the world. We provide quotations from different countries such as, Chile, Poland, Spain, Norway, China, Taiwan and etc.
Recent projects:
Ísfélag Vestmannaeyja | 71m x 2 Purse/Pelagic Trawler | Coast Guard Vessel | 93m For the Icelandic government | Nordborg | 83,5m Combined Purse Seiner-Trawler with processing plant | Vestmannaey | 28,95m Stern Trawler | Vörður | 28,95m Stern Trawler | Bergey | 28,95m Stern Trawler | Dala-Rafn | 28,95m Stern Trawler | Sigurrós | 15m Workboat for fish farming | Árni Friðriksson | 69,90m Oceangraphic Research Vessel for the Icelandic government | Ingunn | 72,90m Combined Purse Seiner-Trawler | Huginn | 68,25m Combined Purse Seiner-Trawler, with processing plant | Hákon | 76,20m Combined Purse Seiner-Trawler, with processing plant |
Technical expertise: Iceland is one of the world leaders in technical innovations for fishing and fish processing. Through our extensive contacts with the general fishing Industry in Iceland, we can provide our clients with technical expertise from all fields in the Industry. Vessel Sales & Purchase Agency: We have been the sole brokers of many vessels. Over the years we have acted as vessel sales and purchase agents and have become an integral part. Our direct relationship with vessels owners and brokers has helped us provide our clients with the most attractive and economical vessels for sale in the world today. Our market expertise and international experience makes us one of the most competitive brokerage firms specialising in the sale and purchase of fishing vessels. |
