Farstad Shipping is the latest offshore shipowner to fall under the takeover spotlight after Aker’s move to merge Solstad and Rem.

Alfred Berg Asset Management, which has purchased part of Farstad's NOK 400m bond, is open to selling to a “long-term industrial player”, fund manager Alfred Berg told Aftenposten.

Shares in Farstad had climbed by 5% to NOK 11.55 each in Oslo at the time of writing on Monday.

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