Norstar is a privately owned international shipping Group of Companies* which was established in 1998. Norstar currently manages a fleet of about 20 chemical, product and crude tankers. The Norstar Group of Companies* provides fully integrated competencies comprising of commercial, technical, crewing and accounting. All activities are in-house and under our control. Across our 4 offices we employ over 50 shore staff and we have a crew pool of about 1,500 seafarers. Norstar specializes in shipping bulk chemicals worldwide. Our main cargo customers are major North and South American chemical producers and traders. We use ships which are either owned by Norstar’s investors, or we charter-in, or where we have management agreements on behalf of 3rd party ship owners. Norstar has offices in Singapore, Westport Connecticut USA, Tokyo and Myanmar with respective activities as follows : Singapore Norstar Shipping (Asia) Pte Ltd – Commercial Operations, Owners accounting. Norstar Ship Management Pte Ltd – Technical Ship management, Vessel accounting. USA, Westport Connecticut Norstar Chartering (USA) LLC – Commercial Operations. Norstar Shipping (USA) LLC – Investor & Bank relations. Tokyo, Japan Norstar Shipping Group Tokyo Office – Business development, Investor & Bank relations. Myanmar, Yangon Norstar Crew Management Co. Ltd – Crewing and business development. Please visit our website: http://www.norstarshipping.com/ * The Norstar Group is comprised of: Norstar Shipping (USA) LLC, Norstar Chartering (USA) LLC, Norstar Shipping & Trading Ltd. BVI, Norstar Shipping (Asia) Pte Ltd., Norstar Ship Management Pte Ltd., Norstar Crew Management Co. Ltd., Norstar Shipping Group Tokyo Office.