When Navig8 carried out an upsized $170m listing in August on Oslo’s over-the-counter (OTC) market, some observers scratched their heads and wondered: Why is a pools company interested in selling shares, whether private or public?

Within Navig8 the question would have been different — why not exploit an obvious opportunity?

Then again, Navig8 is not your normal pools power, as US-based executive Jason Klopfer explained in an interview with TradeWinds on the sidelines of the annual Association of Ship Brokers and Agents (ASBA) cargo conference in Miami Beach.

“We