- Business
- Hafnia Limited Hafnia Limited (HAFNI.OL) operates as the world's largest owner and operator of product and chemical tankers, providing seaborne transportation services for clean and dirty refined oil products, vegetable oils, and easy chemicals to major national and international oil companies, chemical companies, trading firms, and utility companies; the company manages a fleet of over 200 vessels across Long Range 2 (LR2, above 115,000 DWT), Long Range 1 (LR1, 75,000-115,000 DWT), Medium Range (MR, 40,000-55,000 DWT), Handy (25,000-40,000 DWT), and Specialized (5,000-20,000 DWT) segments, complemented by a fully integrated shipping platform that includes technical management, commercial and chartering services, pool management for LR2, MR chemical, Handy chemical, and Panamax pools, and a large-scale bunker desk. Headquartered in Singapore with key offices in Copenhagen, Denmark; Houston, USA; Dubai; and India, Hafnia Limited employs nearly 5,000 people and maintains global operations serving international markets. Originally formed in 2010 through the founding of Tankers Inc. and Hafnia Management in Copenhagen, the company expanded via mergers including Hafnia Tankers with BW Tankers in 2019, listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2020 and later dual-listing in the US, while establishing specialized pools and joint ventures such as with Vista Shipping and CSSC. Recent developments include entering a binding share purchase agreement in September 2025 to acquire 14.45% of TORM plc's shares from Oaktree Capital Management, enhancing its strategic positioning in the tanker sector; the company also continues fleet optimization through prior acquisitions like 32 IMO II product/chemical tankers from Chemical Tankers Inc. in 2022 and 12 LR1 vessels from Scorpio Tankers, alongside sale-and-leaseback financing deals to support expansion.