Storesund Marine AS
Storesund Marine Service is a Norwegian ship repair and fabrication group operating yards at Torvastad and Skudenes on Karmøy and at Halsnøy, with roots going back to a family business founded in 1897. The company carries out dry docking, steel and hull repairs, mechanical overhaul, pipe work, class work, conversions and offshore/subsea fabrication, and also hires out skilled trades personnel and deploys a worldwide mobile service team. Through Storesund Aqua Service it runs three specialised aquaculture service vessels and an Argus ROV, with a newbuild due in January 2027. The group states it has around 150 employees.
Storesund Marine Service AS
Storesund Marine Service is a full-service maritime company in Norway's Haugaland region, delivering ship repair, dry docking, fabrication, aquaculture vessel support and personnel hire. The business traces its origins to a general store opened in Storesund, Karmøy in 1897 that supplied provisions and coal to local fishing and shipping fleets, and today operates from three sites with roughly 150 employees across the group companies Storesund Marine Service, Storesund Halsnøy Dokk and Storesund Aqua Service.
Services
- Ship repair, dry docking and class work
- Rebuilding, modifications and conversions
- Steel and hull repairs, pipe work, mechanical overhaul
- High pressure hull cleaning and painting; electrical work and installations
- Fabrication for offshore, subsea, ship conversion and aquaculture
- Non-destructive testing and welding inspection (NDT department at Halsnøy Dokk, established September 2025)
- Mobile Service Team for urgent repairs worldwide, including spare parts and workforce supervision
- Personnel hire: mechanics, pipefitters, welders, plate fitters, riggers, painters, cleaners, fire and entry guards
- Aquaculture and marine construction support: mooring, net handling, towing assistance, ROV inspection, delousing and maintenance
Facilities
- Storesund Yard (Torvastad): 12,000 m² site; 1,750 m² steel/piping/mechanical hall; overhead cranes 2 x 32T, 3 x 20T, 1 x 100T; quays of 35 m and 45 m; accommodation for 60; quay expansion planned by 2027
- Skudenes Yard: 10,000 m² site; drydock 90 x 15 m, 4.5 m draft; 12T tower crane; mechanical (450 m²) and steel/pipe (400 m²) workshops; 80 m quay
- Halsnøy Dokk: 54,000 m² yard; drydock 106/114 x 25 m, 6.2 m draft with two azimuth pits; 6,000 m² fabrication hall plus pipe, paint and sandblasting shops; 300T crawler crane, 45T mobile crane, 8T tower crane; 20,000 m² outdoor storage; accommodation for 100
Vessels
- Atlas, Astor and Avant — 14.99 m x 12 m aquaculture service vessels with cranes up to 90 tm
- Freyja Ares — 21 m x 12 m newbuild joining January 2027, cranes 85 tm and 100 tm
- Argus Rover ROV, rated 1,000–3,000 msw with 40 kg payload
Location
- Administration at Torvastad, Karmøy, Norway; additional yards at Skudenes and Halsnøy