Something was in the air last year when John Fredriksen launched his Euronav takeover attempt.
“John Fredriksen has been in this market for 60 years … when he sees a certain dynamic starting to come into play he kind of smells it,” Frontline chief executive Lars Barstad said during TradeWinds Shipowners Forum Oslo at Nor-Shipping on Wednesday.
“He started smelling something last year.”
