
Analysts broke out the superlatives after a blockbuster plan to merge of Euronav and Frontline was announced Thursday.
Evercore ISI’s Jon Chappell called it a “mega-merger” that would create a “supersized tanker behemoth.” “A crude tanker powerhouse,” wrote Clarksons Platou Securities’ Frode Mørkedal. Stifel’s Ben Nolan hailed the rise of a “tanker super major,” Deutsche Bank’s Amit Mehrotra, a “tanker juggernaut.”
The stock-for-stock transaction would produce the world’s largest tanker player....
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