Former Nordic American Tankers (NAT) finance chief Turid Sorensen has told a Norwegian court that she was silenced by chief executive Herbjorn Hansson, alleging he prevented her from talking about what she perceived as financial problems for the tanker owner.

She told the local court in Sandefjord that New York-listed NAT was under financial pressure in 2017 and that the banks, in principle, could have called back their loans, according to Norwegian daily Dagens Naeringsliv.