Nordic lender SEB is looking to grow its shipping business at a time many European banks are pulling back from the industry, its new head of shipping says.

Hans Christian Kjelsrud joined the bank from Nordea at the start of the year, taking over its $8bn shipping book from Bjarte Boe, who moved to another internal position.

Kjelsrud told TradeWinds during an interview at Nor-Shipping that SEB has had a good...