The Hunter Group's tankers outperformed those of its peers in the third quarter this year, but major shareholder Arne Fredly has claimed that the figures could have been even better.

He said other shareholders persuaded the Oslo-listed VLCC owner to shift its chartering strategy.

“We had set up a concrete plan, but were not able to fully implement it as we were disturbed by people around us and got a little greedy,” he told Norwegian financial daily Finansavisen.