WW offers logistics solutions and maritime services through a worldwide network embracing some 13 300 employees at just over 350 offices in roughly 70 countries. Joint ventures included, the group employs almost 23 000 people at more than 500 offices in some 80 nations.

The WW group has an annual turnover of roughly USD 2.5 billion (2006) and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Founded on 1 October 1861 in Tønsberg, it now ranks among Norway’s most global enterprises. The head office at Lysaker outside Oslo is one of the leading Norwegian centres for international maritime expertise.

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Expertise development
WW builds on a values-oriented management philosophy. Employees are offered varied opportunities to develop themselves and to contribute to the development of the group. The goal is to motivate the workforce and to ensure WW’s adaptability and market position. The group’s own educational institution, the WW Academy, is one of several development tools utilized in-house. It organizes business-related programmes and management courses for multicultural groups of participants.

Innovation
Particular attention is focused in WW on developing innovative solutions based on its ambition to be the leading global supplier of maritime services and to be in the forefront of environmentally adapted vessel operation.