Tanker owner Frontline is bringing the rest of its voyage operations and accounting activities in-house and boosting the size of its traditionally small workforce.
Robert Hvide Macleod, chief executive of Frontline Management, says the clean fleet moved in-house at the start of 2017 and the larger crude fleet is to follow next month.
The company is one of a very few shipping outfits that still outsources voyage operations, he says, with most opting for in-house staff who work alongside chartering teams.
