Fredriksen swoops on Flex LNG
OCTOBER 24, 2014 — Billionaire John Fredriksen is poised to add Flex LNG to his empire. Geveran Trading Co Ltd, which is indirectly controlled by trusts established by John Fredriksen for the
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Fredriksen dry bulk companies to merge
OCTOBER 8, 2014 — Two dry bulk companies in the John Fredriksen empire, Golden Ocean Group Limited (OSE: GOGL) and Knightsbridge Shipping Limited (Nasdaq: VLCCF), have entered an agreement that will see
Knightsbridge to acquire remaining Frontline 2012 fleet
APRIL 24, 2004 — John Fredriksen is rearranging the place settings on the dry bulk market table. The move involves two companies that once were tanker operations before going dry. Knightsbridge Tankers
Robert Bugbee named next CMA Commodore
NOVEMBER 19, 2013 — Robert Bugbee, President of Scorpio Tankers, Inc., has been named as the Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) Commodore for the year 2014. Mr. Bugbee follows a long succession of
Hyundai Samho launches LNG carrier
OCTOBER 6, 2013—Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI), Yeongam, South Korea, a shipbuilding affiliate of Hyundai Heavy Industries, announced it successfully launched the Golar Glacier, a 162,000 m3 LNG carrier built using the
Golden Ocean buys two
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Golden Ocean Group Limited reports that it has acquired one 2010 Korean built 181,000 dwt Capesize bulk carrier and one 2010 China built 29,200 dwt Handysize
Frontline 2012 to take stake in VLGC operator Avance
AUGUST 22, 2013 — VLGC (Very Large Gas Carrier) operator Avance Gas Holding Ltd. is set to get more ships and a new shareholder: John Fredriksen’s Frontline 2012. Stolt-Nielsen Gas, Sungas Holdings
Seatankers takes delivery of third PSV from Zhejiang
AUGUST 20, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Seatankers Group has taken delivery of Sea Forth, the third of twelve Ulstein PX105 design platform supply vessels on order at the Zhejiang shipyard in Ningbo,
Deep Sea Supply looks to add PSV newbuilds
AUGUST 15, 2013 — Cyprus based offshore service vessel operator Deep Sea Supply (Oslo: DSS) said today that it is in discussions with a company affiliated with its largest shareholder, John Fredriksen’s
Seadrill orders two more jack-ups at Chinese yard
JULY 31, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Seadrill Limited has entered into new contracts for the construction of two high specification jack-up drilling rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore)