The Seatrans Group is a fully integrated shipowning company with in-house chartering and operations, ship management and crewing. Seatrans operates 30 vessels of which 19 are fully owned, and Group turnover in 2007 was NOK 1.358 million (USD 270 million). Seatrans has a shore staff of 130, and employs about 520 shipping personnel from Norway, Poland, Croatia and Romania. Seatrans is active in the following market segments: Chemicals Transportation of chemicals in the North Sea, Mediterranean and Trans Atlantic with mainly stainless steel parcel tankers. Forestry Transportation of newsprint and paper reels in specialized sideport paper carriers. Offshore Offshore survey vessels for electromagnetic seismic operations (CSEM). Liner services Roro/container liner service in the North Sea through Sea-Cargo (60% owned)