The Oldendorff and Abe families are behind a new aframax pool that has its sights set on operating a fleet of up to 30 crude tankers.

The N2Tankers pool has been formed by Reederei Nord and Nissen Kaiun Co’s shipmanager Synergy Marine and will oversee a modern fleet of 13 Japanese-built crude aframax tankers.

We believe we have accumulated a critical mass and were looking for another strong owner who might share our vision of a no-nonsense owners pool concept

Nord spokesman

The operation will be run out of Amsterdam and Singapore and is conducting talks with potential partners that could grow the operation to between 20 and 30 vessels.