Herbjørn Hansson about John Fredriksens tankfusjon: – Can look like a enemy … – E24

In an interview in tirsdagsutgaven of Mallorca is the shipowner Herbjørn Hansson, Nordic American Tankers harsh in his description of John Fredriksens attempts to buy up and merge tankerederiet DHT with its own tankrederi Frontline.

at the same time he opens even the door for a fusjonsprat with DHT-the shipping company.

– From what I read in the press, this may look like an attempt at a hostile takeover. It is my opinion that it is not the way to go forward, ” says Hansson of the newspaper.

He adds that through their 30 years in the industry he has personal negative experiences with hostile acquisitions, and that it is negative for all parties.

He says that he himself would have tried to reject oppkjøpsforsøket from Fredriksen if he put in the management, the board of directors or as a shareholder in the DHT.

DHT is an excellent company with first class people and I deal only with decent people, I. We in Nordic American Tankers will be more than happy to talk with DHT when it suits, says he passed on to the newspaper and emphasizes that he will not go forward with any hostile acquisition.

As E24 wrote Monday a merger between Frontline and DHT to form the world’s largest tankerederi, both measured after flåtestørrelse and the market value.