IMS is a fully integrated shipping company that designs, builds, owns, and manages its own ships.

The ticker code is IMSK

Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker code IMSK, I.M. Skaugen SE (IMS) is a marine transportation service company engaged in the hassle-free transportation of petrochemical gases, chemicals, LPG and LNG, marine transfer of crude oil and LNG, as well as design and construction of smaller, specialised high quality vessels.

IMS is a fully-integrated shipping company that designs, builds, owns, mans and manages its own ships. IMS customers are major international companies in the oil and petrochemical industry, whom it serves worldwide from locations in Bahrain, Fujairah (UAE), Freeport and Houston (USA), Oslo (Norway), Singapore, Sunderland (UK) and Nanjing, Shanghai, Taizhou, Zhangjiagang and Wuhan (China). We also operate recruitment and training programmes in St.Petersburg (Russia) and Wuhan (China) for the crewing of vessels.

IMS employs approximately 2,000 people around the world and currently operates about 40 vessels worldwide. The fleet comprises petrochemical gas, LPG and LNG carriers, Aframax tankers and lightering support vessels, barges and tugs.

IMS has a newbuilding programme in China, of which three 3,200cbm LPG vessels are delivered and sold; three purposedesigned combination carriers with LPG/Ethylene/VCM and Organic chemicals carrying capability; and up to ten advanced 10,000-12,000cbm LNG/ LPG/Ethylene gas carriers, with delivery from 2009 onwards. IMS has invested and built up internal resources and infrastructure in China to ensure innovative and flexible vessels at lower cost.