Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) expects to be able to beat its rivals by benefiting from improvements in both the bulker and tanker markets next year.

The Oslo-listed owner's chief executive, Engebret Dahm, said on a second-quarter webcast that there is a "strong possibility" the two sectors will enjoy "strong" earnings at the same time in 2022, for the first time since the China boom of the 2000s.