Euronav’s supervisory board is seeking dialogue with warring shareholders John Fredriksen and the Saverys family as arbitration and a bid to remove directors continue.

The Belgian tanker giant said in its fourth-quarter report that chairman Grace Reksten Skaugen and colleagues have “reached out pro-actively” to Fredriksen’s Famatown Finance after it built its stake further following the failed merger with the tycoon’s Frontline.