Western Bulk Chartering AS, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a dry bulk shipping company. It is involved in chartering and operating dry bulk vessels for the transportation of products, such as minerals, timber, cement, bauxite, steel products, grains, coal, and others; and chartering and operating chartered-in vessels. The company operates a fleet of approximately 110 vessels. It operates in Singapore, Switzerland, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, France, Malta, the United Kingdom, Belarus, Denmark, Australia, Hong Kong, Brazil, India, China, Japan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Chile, Barbados, Thailand, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Western Bulk Chartering AS is a subsidiary of Kistefos AS.