A family owned business managed by our core values and principles
Integrity
We build and maintain trust by conducting every element of our business to the highest standards of integrity.
Longevity
Solidity, security, value creation and active patience is in our DNA and plays a vital part in our decision making.
Trustworthy
Our word is our promise – we build our business by creating and maintaining good relationships with our partners, financiers, clients and counterparts.
Collaboration
Our proudest moments arise from teamwork with our business partners and with our colleagues. We invest in people.
Songa Tankers
The current tanker fleet consist of chemical-, and product tankers.
Songa Box
The container ship company Songa Box Group currently operates a fleet of 7 feeder vessels.
Songa Supply
The current offshore supply fleet consists of two Norwegian built platform supply vessels (PSV). The vessels are commercially and technically managed by Remøy Shipping AS.
| Ship name | DWT | Built |
|---|---|---|
| Songa Crystal | 13,000 | 2006 |
| Songa Hawk | 13,000 | 2009 |
| Songa Kari | 13,000 | 2008 |
| Songa Aurora | 16,650 | 2008 |
| Songa Taurus | 16,650 | 2009 |
| Songa Jade | 17,000 | 2009 |
| Songa Opal | 17,000 | 2009 |
| Songa Topaz | 17,000 | 2009 |
| Songa Diamond | 17,000 | 2009 |
| Songa Sapphire | 17,000 | 2008 |
| Songa Ruby | 17,000 | 2008 |
| Songa Pearl | 17,000 | 2008 |
| Songa Orion | 17,900 | 2020 |
| Songa Atlantic | 18,600 | 2010 |
| Songa Peace | 19,999 | 2009 |
| Songa Winds | 19,999 | 2009 |
| Songa Breeze | 19,999 | 2009 |
| Songa Neptune | 19,999 | 2012 |
| Songa Falcon | 25,000 | 2009 |
| Songa Eagle | 25,000 | 2010 |
| Songa Cosmos | 25,000 | 2010 |
| Songa Polaris | 25,000 | 2011 |
| Ship name | TEU | Built |
|---|---|---|
| Songa Puma | 2,872 | 2009 |
| Polynesia | 1,740 | 2008 |
| Songa Leopard | 1,794 | 2010 |
| Songa Lioness | 1,794 | 2010 |
| Songa Panther | 1,800 | 2023 |
| Seaboard Gemini | 1,800 | 2024 |
| Songa Wolf | 1,732 | 2007 |
| Ship name | Design | Yard | Built | Deck area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Songa Discoverer | UT 717 CDX | Vard Langsten | 2021 | 900 |
| Songa Commander | VS 485 CD | Hellesøy Verft Løfallstrand | 2010 | 1005 |
Company structure
The Group has active operations within three core segments; Shipping, Real Estate and Investments.
We create value by combining our industrial expertise with capital markets and by building reliable partnerships with other experts while maintaining our agile investment approach.
Whilst we are known as the Blystad Group, our business is handled through various subsidiaries using the prefix SONGA. The “Songa”-name comes from a river in Norway running through the town where the Blystad-familiy have their heritage.
The Blystad Group employs 25 professionals located at the company’s headquarters in Oslo. Our maritime organization employs ~50 onshore staff in Glasgow Scotland, and ~1,300 seafarers onboard our fleet.
Our business units
Songa Shipholding
The Blystad Group owns and operates vessels in various shipping segments such as tankers, container feeders and offshore supply. Longevity in the shipping market combined with a segement agnostic approach creates long term value.
Songa Real Estate
Our real estate projects through Songa Eiendom includes commercial space, housing projects and city development.
Songa Investments
Through Songa Investments and Songa Capital we have short and long term positions is listed/unlisted companies and startups within energy, shipping and more.
Looking forward
Our Shared future
“Ever since the Group was involved in the textile industry in the early 1900s, we have managed to adapt to the changing circumstances surrounding us.
The Blystad Group today is a testament of creating value through longevity by embracing ingenuity.
Embracing ingenuity is about being willing to take the next step when others dare not. As a result, the Blystad Group is today a Nordic powerhouse with a global presence.
Longevity, on the other hand, is defined not by what happened in history, but by what happens next. Guided by our experience, we shape our future course together with our partners, colleagues and investment projects. All based on the same set of sound Norwegian family values with the local and global scene as our operating landscape.
We create value off our core values, combining industrial expertise with capital markets. We make every effort to be dynamic by cultivating opportunities, and solid by obtaining your trust as a partner.
Going into the next decade, we will continue our strive to be your trusted partner, colleague and teammate. Longevity will be created by our shared future.”
Fredrik Platou – CEO
Board of Directors
Marianne H. Blystad
Arne Blystad
People
Arne Blystad
Chairman
Fredrik Platou
CEO
Geir Nedrelo
CFO
Andreas Tronstad
Head of Real Estate
Agnes Marie Blystad Sulejewski
Head of Legal
Sidsel Sørlie
Group Finance Manager
Jacob Ziesler
Investment Director
Investments
James Buck
Investment Director
Shipping
Felix Fürst
Investment Manager
Per Kristian Aamlid
Chartering Director
Shipping
Nina R. Bakke
Project Manager
Shipping
Markus Tryggvason Lanesskog
Investment Analyst
Investments
Arve Aslaksen
Project Manager
Real Estate
Hans Petter Gjerde
Asset Manager
Real Estate
John Murray
Group Controller and Head of IT
Accounting
Ingrid Hæreid
Head of Group Controlling
Accounting
Johannes K. Bruland
Group Controller
Accounting
May Storaune
Senior Accounts Officer
Accounting
Wenche Kristin Horten
Senior Accounts Officer
Accounting
Edyta Sala
Senior Accounts Officer
Accounting
Dina Dæhli
Group Controller
Accounting
Nina Brandt Henriksen
Personal Assistant
Even Torgersen
Operations Support
Åsa Victoria Roverudseter
Office & Administration
Contact us
Please specify if your request is related to Shipping, Investments, Real Estate or Other.
Postal address
Arne Blystad AS, P.O. Box 1468,
Vika No-0116 Oslo, Norway
Visiting/Parcel delivery address
Haakon VIIs gt. 1, 11th floor,
0161 Oslo, Norway
Office Hours
Monday – Friday, 08.30 – 16.30
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