Eidesvik Offshore

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Eidesvik Offshore ASA
Company typePublic (OSE: EIOF)
IndustryShipping
HeadquartersBømlo, Norway
Area served
Global
Number of employees
470 (2007)
Websitewww.eidesvik.no
The Eidesvik Offshore supply vessel Viking Troll at dock in Bergen

Eidesvik Offshore is a supply, subsea, seismic and cable-laying shipping company. The fleet consists of ten supply ships, both platform supply vessels and anchor handling tug supply vessels, five subsea vessels, five seismic vessels and one cable-laying ship. All the ships are orange in color, and most of them have names starting with Viking. The company is based in Bømlo, Norway and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Two thirds of the company is owned by Kristian Eidesvik, who also controls the short sea shipping company Wilson.

Eidesvik is notable for its part in a collaboration with Lundin Norway AS in a research and development partnership regarding the use of batteries-on-board maritime technology.