Svein Moxnes Harfjeld and Trygve Munthe each received just short of $1m in 2014 as DHT built one of the largest VLCC fleets on Wall Street.

DHT’s annual report said the pair each collected NOK 3.83m in basic salary and NOK 4.09m ($514,000) as cash bonuses.

DHT finished 2014 with 18 tankers in the water, up from eight at the end of 2013.