A fifth generation of the Eitzen clan is set to join the family shipowning business at a time when chief executive Axel Eitzen has been accelerating its resurgence.

Fridtjof C Eitzen will join Camillo Eitzen & Co in August, his father revealed to TradeWinds in an interview in Oslo.

Fridtjof is the eldest of Eitzen’s three sons and had been working in a commercial role for Tor Olav Troim’s Golar LNG.