Arriva Shipping was founded in 1972 by Johannes Matre as a family-owned shipping company. Today the company is located with head office in Ølensvåg and branch offices in Stavanger and Gdansk. Arriva Shipping owns and operates in total 8 selfdischarging dry cargo vessels ranging from 1,900 to 7,200 deadweight tons. The company also uses hired tonnage, from 5-10 vessels, either on T/C or on commision basis. The vessels operate mainly in Northern Europe. Arriva Shipping offers Norwegian and European industrial and entrepreneurial businesses flexible and reliable maritime transport services. The Group has about 150 employees and had a turnover of MNOK 393 in 2021. Typical cargos are concrete and asphalt aggregates, coal, coke, minerals, gypsum, timber/logs, salt, general cargo and project cargoes.