Private company

Nor-Cargo

Norwegian cargo transport company

Nor-Cargo AS is a Norwegian cargo transport and logistics company and subsidiary of Posten Norge, the Norwegian Postal Service. It operates road, water and air transport.2 It was founded by Bergen Steamship Company.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Nor-Cargo containers in Trondheim
Photo: Trondheim Havn from Trondheim, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Nor-Cargo AS is a Norwegian cargo transport and logistics company and subsidiary of2

The story

Founded by Bergen Steamship Company in 1979.1

The predecessor of Nor-Cargo was established in 1967 when Be-No-Ve samseilingen was established by Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab and Vesteraalske Dampskibsselskab. Four years later Ofotens Dampskibsselskab, Narvik Dampskibsselskab and Nordlandske Dampskibsselskab also joined. This was a cooperation between the shipping companies. In 1979 this was taken one step further when Nordsjørederiet Nor-Cargo A/S was founded.

By 1985 this company was operating 16 short sea vessels through the company K/S Nord-Poolen. In 1988 the company RoNoTro A/S was established, and it purchased Bergenske, including the shipping companies K/S Nor-Cargo, Nordenfjeldske, the road transport companies Norske Godslinjer and the thermal transport company Sties Termo-Transport and the air cargo company NECAS, from Kosmos. By 1993 these companies had merged to one. The company continues to purchase a number of transport companies throughout the country, including many Nor-Cargo branded transport companies. In 1999 the company was renamed Nor-Cargo ASA before getting its present name in 2004 when it is purchased entirely by Posten from the previous owners Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskap and Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab. In 2005 Nor-Cargo also bought the road company HSD Transport.

In 2006 Nor-Cargo strengthened their position on the European continent by buying Scanex in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands.

Scanex had been functioning as agent for Nor-Cargo since 1989.

Nor-Cargo opened an office in Houston, Texas in 2007 under President Sten Svendsen.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nor-Cargo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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