Maersk Tankers is set to launch a fourth pool as part of an ambitious expansion of its pooling business.

It will soon add a long-range-two (LR2) pool to its existing intermediate, handysize and medium-range (MR) operations, says Christian Ingerslev, who joined the Danish owner from Norden in September last year.

Ingerslev, who heads the newly established Third Party Services division at Maersk Tankers, says the new pool fits a strategy that seeks to add up to 100 extra vessels over the next four years.

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