The Oldendorff and Abe families have launched their N2Tankers pool for aframaxes.

It 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 ships, as first reported by TradeWinds last month.

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.