Tyrholm & Farstad

What Tyrholm & Farstad does

Tyrholm & Farstad AS is a private Norwegian integrated logistics provider headquartered in Ålesund, founded in 1968 and operating with approximately 40 employees. The company delivers a full multi-modal service stack to businesses in the Møre og Romsdal region: air freight handling as the appointed agent for 30+ IATA carriers at Ålesund Vigra Airport, sea freight forwarding in partnership with leading shipping lines, road haulage across Europe via its wholly-owned subsidiary Holger Fischer Spedisjon, ship agency and clearance for 400–500 vessel calls annually along the Norwegian coast, customs clearance and freight forwarding, project and special cargo transport, terminal and warehouse services, and—since January 2025—a Mattilsynet border inspection station. Primary customer segments are fishing and aquaculture, shipbuilding, maritime/shipping, heavy industry, furniture, and shipping (rederi).

The company's competitive infrastructure was substantially rebuilt in 2024 with the move to the new Flatholmen terminal in July 2024. The facility spans 82,000 m² of terminal area, a 12,000 m² terminal building, 700 meters of quay, and delivers 50% more freezer, refrigerated, and dry storage capacity than the prior Skutvika site. Operational technology includes a Konecranes Gottwald Generation 6 electric mobile harbor crane (delivered Q2 2024), CO₂ cooling systems with surplus heat recovery for building HVAC, an on-roof solar array, and Maritech Cloud warehouse management (Drystore and Coldstore portals) accessible to customers online. The site also hosts the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's veterinary border inspection station (BIP/BCP) inside the ISPS area, handling inspection of animal-origin and controlled food products from non-EU/EEA origins.

Tyrholm & Farstad operates a B2B sales-led go-to-market, with no public pricing and annual price adjustments (4.5–7% across 2023–2026). Revenue is not disclosed. The business serves both the local Møre og Romsdal cluster and continental Europe through Holger Fischer Spedisjon, with named enterprise customers including Sibelco Åheim (mining, 200 ship calls/year), F/T Ramoen (factory trawler), and Sparebanken Møre (financial partner for the Flatholmen build). Leadership transitioned in May 2025 when Tor Knutsen was appointed Managing Director, succeeding Jan Arve Hoseth who retired after nearly 17 years.

Name

Tyrholm & Farstad

Legal name

Tyrholm & Farstad AS

Website

https://tyrholm.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Forwarding and Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851), Marine Cargo Handling (48832)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Ocean Export Forwarding (Booking/VGM/SI/BL) (TLACABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Customs Brokerage for Ocean Shipments (Import/Export Clearance) (TLACABAG), Project & OOG/Breakbulk Ocean Forwarding (Out-of-Gauge, RoRo) (TLACABAH), Ocean Freight Brokerage (FCL/LCL) (TLADAMAF), Trade Compliance & Ocean Regulatory Services (Sanctions/Export Controls) (TLACABAL)

Keywords

• Freight forwarding services
• Sea freight logistics
• Air freight services
• Road haulage transport
• Ship agency services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ålesund

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Sea Freight Services: Sea freight forwarding services in collaboration with world's leading shipping companies. Arranges transport to/from Ålesund and worldwide destinations. Offers weekly feeder service. Handles all types of goods including fish/seafood, aquaculture products, and manufactured goods.
2. Air Freight Services: Air freight handling as agent for all airlines at Ålesund Vigra Airport (AES). Acts as handling agent for 30+ IATA members with partner agents at major world airports. Provides cargo terminal services at Vigra.
3. Road Haulage Services: Road freight transport throughout Europe in partnership with hauliers in the network. Multiple weekly departures between Norway and continental Europe. Services via wholly-owned subsidiary Holger Fischer Spedisjon for transport from Germany, Netherlands, Belgium to Norway.
4. Ship Agency Services: Ship agency and clearance services handling 400-500 vessel calls annually along the Norwegian coast. Services include port agency, husbandry services (crew, provisions, bunkering, maintenance), hub agent services, and equipment rental (containers, shore cables, fenders).
5. Terminal & Warehouse Services: Terminal and storage operations at own facilities including dry storage, cold storage/freezer facilities, and container terminal. New Flatholmen terminal opened July 2024 with 82,000 m² terminal area and 12,000 m² building. Additional facilities at Ålesund Vigra Airport, Langhus near Oslo, and Hamburg through Holger Fischer subsidiary.
6. Customs Clearance & Freight Forwarding: Comprehensive customs clearance and freight forwarding services for both imports and exports to/from Norway. Handles all documentation including Tvinn, TET, NCTS, and certificates of origin. Services include transport coordination and warehouse management.
7. Special Transport / Project Cargo: Project and special cargo handling services for complex transport assignments. Services include planning, coordination, implementation and follow-up for heavy machinery, equipment, fragile and valuable items.
8. Border Control Station Inspection Services: Veterinary border inspection station services at Ålesund Port for products of animal origin imported from countries outside EU/EEA. Inspection services for multiple product categories with/without temperature requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tyrholm & Farstad is a Norwegian logistics and freight forwarding company founded in 1968 and based in Ålesund. The company provides multimodal transport services — air freight, sea freight, and road haulage — together with ship agency, terminal and storage, customs clearance, special transport, and border control station services for business customers.

Product overview

Tyrholm & Farstad is a comprehensive logistics company offering a unified platform of interconnected services for businesses in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The core offering comprises air freight, sea freight, road haulage, and ship agency services supported by company-owned terminal facilities at Flatholmen and Ålesund Vigra Airport. Additional services include customs clearance and forwarding, special/project cargo transport, border inspection station services, and industry-specific logistics solutions tailored for maritime, fishing, shipbuilding, and heavy industry sectors. The company operates through its main brand and wholly-owned subsidiary Holger Fischer Spedisjon for continental European road transport. Customers can access warehouse management through Drystore and Coldstore online portals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Air Freight Services
• Sea Freight Services
• Road Haulage Services
• Ship Agency Services
• Terminal & Storage Services
• Customs Clearance & Freight Forwarding
• Special Transport Services
• Border Control Station Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly doubled terminal capacity from ~40,000 m² to 82,000 m² with new Flatholmen facility
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• KonecranesminorOthers · 25 October 2023Konecranes supplied the electric mobile harbor crane (Konecranes Gottwald Generation 6) for the Flatholmen terminal. Contract signed Q3 2023 with delivery in Q2 2024. The crane is part of the company's sustainability and electrification strategy, increasing operational efficiency and enabling sustainable cargo handling.
• Blue FishminorOthers · 28 August 2023Blue Fish is an international trade fair/arena focused on value creation and opportunities in the seafood and maritime industries. Held September 5-7, 2023 at Sparebanken Møre Arena in Ålesund. Tyrholm & Farstad exhibited at booth E2.
• Sibelco ÅheimcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 24 August 2021Sibelco Åheim is a mineral mining company. Contract signed August 2021 where Tyrholm & Farstad became ship agent for Sibelco Åheim, taking over 200 ship calls per year. This nearly doubled the company's annual vessel throughput and required expanding the ship agency team from 3 to 4 agents. Sibelco Åheim ships approximately 2 million tonnes per year with ~150 employees locally.
• GTO (Global Tanker Operators)minorOthersListed as a proud member of GTO on the company's website footer. GTO is a global network of tanker operators. Membership indicates industry association and networking within the tanker shipping sector.
• IATAcoreTechnology or IntegrationListed as a proud member of IATA. IATA membership enables air freight operations as an accredited agent, providing access to the global airline cargo network and industry standards for air freight handling.
• BIMCO (The Baltic and International Maritime Council)minorOthersListed as a proud member of BIMCO and the Norwegian Shipbrokers Association. BIMCO membership provides access to industry-standard contracts, clauses, and maritime business network.
• NSMF (Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association)minorOthersListed as a proud member of the Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association (Norsk Skipsmeglerforening, NSMF). Membership indicates professional standing in the Norwegian ship brokerage and agency community.
• Lloyd'sminorOthersListed as a proud member of Lloyd's (likely Lloyd's Register or Lloyd's of London insurance market). Membership provides access to maritime classification, survey, and insurance services.
• Holger Fischer SpedisjoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWholly-owned subsidiary providing road transport from Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium to destinations throughout Norway. Operates warehouse and terminal facilities at Langhus (near Oslo) and Hamburg. Represents an integrated subsidiary network rather than an external partnership, but functions as a key operational extension of the company's European logistics network. Multiple weekly departures between Norway and the continent.
• GurskøyminorOthersGurskøy manufactures the Gurskøy Gangway F1 gangway offered for rental/sale through Tyrholm & Farstad's ship agency equipment rental service. The gangway is designed for use on ship lines with Type approval from DNV-GL.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bring Logistics (Posten Bring): Norway's largest domestic freight and logistics group with road, sea, and air freight forwarding plus terminal operations. Comparable Norwegian B2B multi-modal offering, but with national scale and parcel capabilities T&F does not match.
• GAC Norway: Global ship agency and logistics group with Norwegian operations providing port agency, husbandry, and freight forwarding. Direct peer for T&F's ship agency business along the Norwegian coast, including Ålesund-area port calls.
• Tollpost Globe (now Parcelworld/Global Freight): Historical Norwegian domestic freight forwarder and road haulier. Comparable regional/Norwegian forwarding capacity and customer base, though currently repositioning — useful proxy for the SME Norwegian forwarder T&F benchmarks against.
• Wilhelmsen Ship Management: Norway-based global ship agency, port services, and maritime logistics provider with deep coverage along the Norwegian coast. Directly comparable to T&F's ship agency and husbandry services, and competes for the same vessel calls.

Broad incumbents

• DB Schenker (Norway): Global logistics provider with Norwegian offices offering road, air, and sea freight plus customs services. Competes with T&F on multi-modal forwarding for Norwegian exporters, though with a much broader and less Ålesund-specific footprint.
• Maersk Logistics & Services: End-to-end ocean carrier and logistics integrator with customs, forwarding, and terminal operations. Increasingly competes with T&F on integrated door-to-door Norwegian seafood export logistics, including direct port coverage.
• DHL Global Forwarding (Norway): Global freight forwarding arm of Deutsche Post DHL, with Norwegian offices and air/sea/ocean capability. Competes with T&F on import/export forwarding and customs brokerage for larger Norwegian accounts, though not specifically focused on the Ålesund fishing cluster.
• Kuehne+Nagel (Norway): One of the world's largest freight forwarders with Norwegian presence and strong ocean/Airfreight capability. Competes with T&F on mid-to-large Norwegian exporters (especially seafood and maritime industrial) on global network reach, but does not match T&F's regional multi-modal integration.
• DSV: Global freight forwarder with substantial Norwegian operations (including offices in Ålesund region post-Panalpina/Agility GIL acquisitions). Competes head-on with T&F on multi-modal sea/air/road forwarding, but at vastly larger scale with broader network reach.

Others

• Ålesundregionens Havnevesen (Ålesund Port Authority): Operator of the Ålesund port where T&F's Flatholmen terminal sits. While not a commercial competitor, the port authority is the primary counterpart for vessel traffic, quay allocation, and infrastructure collaboration at the heart of T&F's regional moat.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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