Host Port Sponsors and Partners

Main Sponsors

• TOTAL is happy to be a main sponsor when The Tall Ships Races again visits Stavanger in 2011. We were an eager supporter for The Tall Ships Races when the regatta first came to Stavanger in 1997 and in 2004, and now we look forward to this year’s festival in Vågen.

  TOTAL has been one of the largest players on the Norwegian Continental Shelf for more than forty years. TOTAL accounts for 14% of the TOTAL Group’s oil and gas production. The TOTAL Group is one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world with activities in more than 130 countries.

  TOTAL has been a cultural supporter for many years and was one of the main sponsors of European Capital of Culture 2008. The company continues its commitment to culture by becoming the main sponsor of The Tall Ships Races 2011 in Stavanger.

• Stavanger Aftenblad is Rogaland’s leading media company and weekly reaches over 90% of the population of 225 000 inhabitants. The media company publish news and advertising on paper, online, TV, radio and mobile. The company’s revenue in 2005 was 574 million NOK.

• SpareBank 1 SR-Bank  is Rogaland’s leading bank with 54 offices in 34 municipalities. The bank consists of 39 previously local bank offices dating back to 1839. The bank provides development opportunities for the private and business markets in Rogaland, Hordaland and Agder. The bank offers financial advice on all levels and they believe that knowledge of the local market and the employees’ competence gives them a competitive edge in the market.

Project Sponsors

• Bouvet AS is a Scandinavian consultancy company delivering development and consultancy services within IT. Bouvet delivers integrated services within portals, system development, system integration, SAP, Business Intelligence and applications, technical infrastructure and training. Bouvet has over 600 employees and 10 offices in Norway and Sweden.

• Forus Næringspark AS is one of Norway’s largest business parks, established to meet the demands and wishes of trade and industry in the Stavanger region. Strategically located on the south-western coast of Norway, Forus Business Park Ltd. have developed into an international hub for business activity. 

• Radisson Blu Atlantic Hotel, Stavanger features a convenient, central location overlooking beautiful Lake Breiavannet. The hotel offers 364 air-conditioned guest rooms and suites. The hotel features 15 meeting rooms, including the Atlantic Hall that can accommodate up to 550 guests for banquets and events.

Sponsors

• Pipetech AS is a specialized and innovative service company that utilizes "cutting edge" high pressure water technology to remove scale and debris from tubes, pipes and process equipment. The ability to operate our systems remotely using data technology, provides an extra level of safety unmatched by other similar systems.         

• NetPrint Norge ASis a chain delivering products and services within printing, scanning, plotting, copying and print material. NetPrint is organised as a franchise chain where the customer is offered services through the chain’s common IT solutions and their local sales offices.

Gold Supporters

• Lyse Energi AS was established on 17 June 1998 and was operative from 1 January 1999. Lyse Energi was established due to a merger of several energy companies in the south of Rogaland dating back to 1909. The wholly-owned subsidiaries are set up for production, gas, trade, power and phone. Lyse’s sponsor activities and engagements in the community support their overall company goals and visions

• Øgreid Eiendom AS is a real-estate company wholly-owned by Øgreid AS. Øgreid operate in both the business and private market. They develop real-estate, sell and rent properties in Norway and has approx. 110.000 m2 of business property and 300 tenants. er et eiendomsselskap 100% eiet av Øgreid AS. Virksomheten i Øgreid Eiendom AS omfatter både nærings-og boligeiendom. Øgreid driver med eiendomsutvikling, salg og utleie og i Norge har de ca 110.000 m2 næringseiendom og ca 300 leietakere.

• DNV (Det Norske Veritas) is an independent foundation with the purpose of safeguarding life, property, and the environment. Our history goes back to 1864, when the foundation was established in Norway to inspect and evaluate the technical condition of Norwegian merchant vessels.

  

• Inge Steenslands stiftelse was founded in 1960, specialising as shipbrokers in the small tanker segment. From the early 1960's Inge Steensland AS played an active role in the development of gas transportation. Today Inge Steensland Foundation is a leading shipbroker within LPG, LNG, ammonia, petrochemical gases, liquid chemicals and clean petroleum products. 

• Møller Bil is Norway’s largest car chain consisting of 43 dealers with their own service stations spread across the whole of Norway. In addition they have 9 specialised damage and lacquering repair shops. Møller Bil is Norway’s largest dealer of Volkswagen Audi and Skoda. In 2008 they sold over 21 500 new and 13 000 used cars. 

 
• M-I Swaco Norway is a service company delivering high tech solutions for the oil & gas industry. The head office is in Stavanger and in 2008 their operating profit was over 2 billion NOK. Worldwide M-I Swaco has 350 offices in more than 70 countries and 13 000 employees

•  Teekay Corporation is an essential marine link in the global energy supply chain, serving the world's leading oil and gas companies. Teekay was founded in 1973 and today operates in 17 countries around the world. They have grown from a regional shipping company, mainly in the indo-pacific region, into a global provider of marine services.

•  Herlige Restauranter is a cooperation between several restaurants in Stavanger where you can read news and make reservations

• Cramo is a rental supplier for machines, equipment and mobile office spaces. They mainly operate in the entrepreneur industry but also have customers withing the offshore oil and public sector.

Supporters

• Glava AS is a Norwegian industrial company with head office in Askim, plants in Askim and Stjørdal, and central office for administration, sales and marketing in Oslo. The aim of Glava is to develop, produce and market insulation materials and other products. The main product is glasswool which is the worlds leading insulation material.

• The Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA)  is the national provider and administrator of geodesy, geographical and cadastre information covering Norwegian land, coastal and territorial waters. NMA includes The National Land Registry.

• add energy is a new Norwegian competence player in the oil & gas industry - committed to create and increase value for our clients through provision of attractive and innovative services and solutions.

• Stavanger Parking runs the maintenance and legislation of parking in the Municipality of Stavanger.

• ONS is one of the world’s leading meeting place for the global oil and energy industry. For almost 40 years ONS has been a broad-based international energy event, and a unique meeting place for everyone involved in the entire energy sector. Since its launch in 1974, the biennial event has been staged in Stavanger, Norway.

• Skagen Brygge Hotel is situated in the middle of the centre of Stavanger and is the ideal location for a successful stay here.

Partners

• Ringnes AS is Norway’s largest brewery company with over 14 000 employees. The company is owned by the Carlsberg Group, the world’s 4th larges brewery company.

•  MarLog ASis an international supplier within marine logistics and shipping services as well as sale and rent of equipment for the marine offshore industry

• Respond is a Profiling and Gifts Company established in Stavanger in 1989. For almost 20 years they have worked towards becoming an important player in Rogaland within company gifts and advertising articles. Respond is part of the GOSH chain who had an operating profit  of more than 280 million NOK in 2008.

• The Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) is the national agency for coastal management, maritime safety and -communication in Norway.

• Stavanger Installasjon AS is a total supplier for high and low power installations.

• Boreal Transport Norway (former Veolia Transport) is well established, and operates over 600 buses, 28 ferries and 9 light rail trains. The company carries approximately 30.5 million passangers per year, and has 2000 employees.

             Malerbua Utleie AS is one of Norway's largest suppliers of furniture for events and tradeshows.