Four years after going head-to-head for the Maersk Tankers VLCC fleet Paddy Rodgers and Peter Georgiopoulos found themselves at the same table with a merger deal of their own.

Rodgers famously cancelled Christmas to pick off the $980m Maersk fleet as 2013 ticked over into 2014.

This time Rodgers and the Euronav team can enjoy their holidays with their turkey tasting all the sweeter after announcing a $504m deal with Gener8 this morning.