Heidmar is plotting the creation of a multigas pool from a Singapore base, focusing on smaller tankers.

As its core tanker pools take heavy hits in a firming market, the Connecticut-based operator is looking to find further ­business lines under new chief ­executive Pankaj Khanna.

Heidmar has hired former IM Skaugen manager Trygve Dyrlie for its Singapore office with the ­title “director, gas pool”, sources told TradeWinds this week.