Fredriksen Group
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Robert Macleod steps down as CEO at Frontline
Robert Hvide Macleod, one of the best known names in the tanker business, is stepping down as CEO at John…
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CFO promoted at Seadrill
John Fredriksen-controlled Seadrill has promoted from within for its new CEO. The company’s CFO, Stuart Jackson, replaces Anton Dibowitz from…
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John Fredriksen increases stake in Avance Gas
John Fredriksen continues to increase his stake in pure-play VLGC shipowner Avance Gas with the acquisition of a substantial number…
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OSM takes over management of 51 Fredriksen vessels
John Fredriksen has struck a deal to farm out management of many of his bulk carriers and tankers to one…
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Seadrill buys out Mermaid Maritime to take full control of Asia Offshore Drilling
John Fredriksen’s Seadrill has agreed a deal to buy out Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime to take full control of Asia Offshore…
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John Fredriksen appoints new Seatankers CEO
John Fredriksen has appointed Tor Andre Svelland as the CEO of his family holding company Seatankers. Svelland, 53, heads UK-based…
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Seadrill to axe more than 30% of its staff
John Fredriksen’s Seadrill has implemented a large cost-cutting exercise as it faces up to the prospect of another prolonged downturn…
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Seadrill to delist from NYSE
John Fredriksen’s Seadrill plans to delist from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In March, the company received written notice…
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Fredriksen’s SFL seals newbuild VLCC deal with Landbridge
John Fredriksen’s SFL Corporation has acquired a newbuild 308,000 dwt VLCC from China’s Landbridge Group, and bareboat chartered it back…
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Seadrill drillship suffers early termination
Seadrill Partners has announced that it has received a notice of termination for the contract for which will see it…
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Fredriksen poaches Avance Gas CEO to head up Golden Ocean
John Fredriksen has found a new CEO for his dry bulk company, Golden Ocean, just over four months after Birgitte…
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Solstad and SFL terminate charter contracts for PSV pair
Norway’s Solstad Offshore and John Fredriksen’s SFL Corporation have agreed to terminate the bareboat charter agreements for 2007-built platform supply…
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SFL offloads its oldest VLCC
John Fredriksen’s SFL Corporation has announced the sale and delivery of 2002-built VLCC . The sale, to an unrelated third…
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Flex LNG carrier awarded new charter with Endesa
John Fredriksen’s Flex LNG has entered into a time charter with Spain’s Endesa for 2018-built (Samsung) LNG carrier . The…
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Fredriksen’s Northern Drilling to spin off semi-sub fleet
John Fredriksen’s rig investment company Northern Drilling, which currently has a fleet of two drillship and two semi-submersible rigs, has…
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Frontline seals $544m sale and leaseback with ICBC for Trafigura suezmaxes
John Fredriksen’s Frontline says it has struck a deal with China’s ICBC Financial Leasing for the sale-and-leaseback of ten suezmaxes…
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Gunvor takes Flex LNG newbuild on long-term charter
John Fredriksen’s Flex LNG has entered into a long-term time charter with Gunvor’s Clearlake Shipping. The vessel chartered is hull…
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Glen Ole Rødland replaces John Fredriksen as chairman of Seadrill
John Fredriksen’s Seadrill has announced the appointment of Glen Ole Rødland as chairman of the company, succeeding Fredriksen effective today.…
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Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal to leave Golden Ocean
Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal, one of the most high profile women in Norwegian shipping, has resigned from her role of CEO…
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Fredriksen cancels drillship contract at DSME
John Fredriksen’s Northern Drilling has cancelled the resale contract with South Korea’s DSME for ultra-deepwater drillship West Cobalt. The rig…
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