SKS - part of Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Group

About Us

The SKS name first appeared in 1991 when three companies – Sovcomflot, Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi (KGJS), and Sinochem –  formed a pool of vessels from whose initial letters the name SKS was derived.  KGJS was the manager of the pool which controlled ten 96,000dwt Ore-Bulk-Oil carriers (OBOs) ordered by the SKS owners and delivered from Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea in 1991/1992. OBOs are vessels designed to perform as a tanker for oil or a bulkcarrier for dry cargo better able to minimize wasteful ballast legs between cargoes, to the benefit of both parties as well as the environment.