For anyone who experienced a degree of schadenfreude over the struggles of Peter Georgiopoulos and his General Maritime Corp (Genmar) over the past five years, the New York shipowner has a message for you: look who is laughing now

Georgiopoulos was exuberant in an interview with TradeWinds this week, hours after formally sealing a merger with Navig8 Crude Tankers that will create one of the world’s largest VLCC owners.