The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Shipping (Norwegian: Skipsfartsdepartementet) was a Norwegianministry that existed from 1942 to 1945.
It was established on 1 October 1942, during the second World War. Nortraship had been operating since 1940. The Ministry of Shipping ceased to exist on 5 November 1945. Its tasks were mainly transferred to the Ministry of Trade.[1]