Is Herbjorn Hansson the Donald Trump of shipping?
Speaking at the annual Marine Money conference in New York today, Hansson labeled reports of his company’s breach of a bank covenant as “fake news,” even though the breach was quite real and documented in his own reports to US securities regulators.
The comparison certainly was not lost on Poten & Partners’ chairman emeritus Michael Tusiani, who had the daunting task of interviewing Nordic American Tankers founder Hansson during in a rare conference appearance by the eccentric Norwegian owner.
