Rem Offshore is a fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 and supply shipping company based in Fosnavåg

Fosnavåg

is a city in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the administrative center of the municipality of Herøy. The city is located on the island of Bergsøya which is connected to Kvalsund on the island of Nerlandsøya via the Nerlandsøy Bridge to the west...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The group operates two platform supply vessel

Platform supply vessel

A Platform supply vessel is a ship specially designed to supply offshore oil platforms. These ships range from 20 to 100 meters in length and accomplish a variety of tasks...

s, one anchor handling tug supply vessel

Anchor handling tug supply vessel

Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels are mainly built to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow them to location, anchor them up and, in a few cases, serve as an Emergency Rescue and Recovery Vessel ....

s and two multi purpose supply vessels. In addition the group has two fishing vessel

Fishing vessel

A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river. Many different kinds of vessels are used in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing....

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The company was founded by Aage Remøy, who is currently also Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

, in 1996 as a spinnoff from the familty fisheries business. The group consists of two holding companies, Rem Offshore AS and Remøy Fiskeriselskap AS, responsible for the supply and fisheries fleet, respectively. Since the listing of REM Offshore on the Oslo Stock Exchange

Oslo Stock Exchange

The Oslo Stock Exchange serves as the main market for trading in the shares of Norwegian companies. It opens at 9:00am and closes 5:30pm local time...

 in 2007, Solstad Offshore ASA from Skudeneshavn

Skudeneshavn

is a city on the southernmost tip of the island of Karmøy in Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland...

has been the major shareholder of the company.