Our team

Odd Jacob Fritzner
Head of Arctic Shipping
More than two decades of shipbroking experience, staring his career with P.F Bassøe Shipbrokers in 1997, followed in 2004 with Odin Marine in Connecticut, USA where he spent 5 years prior to returning to Norway and Pareto. Has also worked for a year as Director of Sale and Purchase, Newbuildings and projects with Seatankers Management in Oslo. Has a Master of Business and Economics Degree from Norwegian Business School.

Arvid Nesse jr.
More than 20 years shipbroking experience starting at R.S. Platou Shipbrokers followed by 10 years at RS Platou Asia in Singapore focusing on the Asian market. Arvid moved back to Norway in 2012 and continued his role as Senior Partner with RS Platou Group and thereafter Director in Clarksons Platou.
- Emailarvid.nesse@arctic.com
- Phone+47 90 04 44 07

Julius W. Biermann
Over a decade of shipbroking experience starting as shipbroker with RS Platou and later with Grieg Shipbrokers. Graduate of the University of Bergen with a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree, and one year LL.M degree in shipping law from the University of Cape Town.

Razaq Jadgal
Almost two decades of experience in shipping from shipowning and shipbroking starting his career in the Middle East. Started as shipbroker with P.F. Bassøe focusing on tank chartering before joining Lorentzen & Stemoco as sale and purchase broker, and later on with Pareto Shipping and RS Platou.
- Emailrazaq@arctic.com
- Phone+47 99 10 88 84

Jakob Kvalheim
More than 20 years experience within the shipbroking scene and was formerly a partner of Lorentzen & Stemoco and Grieg Shipbrokers, always focusing within Sale and Purchase. Holds a Master of Science Degree in Shipping Trade and Finance from City University London.
- Emailjakob.kvalheim@arctic.com
- Phone+47 99 32 45 61

Pål Hvitstein
More than 30 years shipbroking experience starting with Fearnleys, later as Partner with P.F. Bassøe Shipbrokers then Senior Partner with R.S. Platou Shipbrokers, including 10 years experience as Director Shipping and Managing Director with RS Platou Asia in Singapore.
- Emailpaal.hvitstein@arctic.com
- Phone+47 90 12 33 23

Nicolai Olsen
More than 20 years experience with shipbroking starting as Sale and Purchase broker with RS Platou ASA as Senior Partner and Director following the merger with Clarksons. Prior to joining Arctic Shipping A/S he was a Partner in Lynx Maritime Partners A/S, a ship investment management company in Oslo. Nicolai studied Maritime Law and Shipping Operations at the University of Oslo and Solent University, respectively.
- Emailnicolai.olsen@arctic.com
- Phone+47 90 14 90 49

Martin Donner Haagaard
Martin joined Arctic Shipping on August 9th 2021. He graduated in 2021 from Cass Business School with an MSC in Shipping, Trade and Finance and has previously completed his bachelor degree at BI.

Vetle Lindstad
Vetle joined Arctic Shipping February 1st 2022. He has experience from Gjensidige Pensjonsforsikring. Vetle graduated from BI Norwegian Business School with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) specializing in International Business.
- Emailvetle.lindstad@arctic.com
- Phone+47 94 83 77 49

Lars Hammerstad
Started his career at Lorentzen & Stemoco in 1999, before moving to Asia in 2003 where he worked as S&P/newbuilding broker in Shanghai and Bangkok for the next 6 years with L&S, Fearnleys and RS Platou. Returned to Oslo in 2009 where he joined Pareto Shipping, later renamed BRS Oslo AS. Main focus is to follow up shipyards in Asia. Holds an M.Sc. from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) and is a Maritime Engineer from University College of Southeast Norway.

Anders Mortensen
Anders joined Arctic Shipping in January 2023 after 3 years as Sale and Purchase broker in Lorentzen & Stemoco. He has previously worked in the French container carrier CMA CGM in Oslo and Marseille. Holds a MSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School (CBS).
Hiroyuki C. Ueda
Joined Arctic Shipping Japan in January 2023, after having worked for the Mitsubishi Group since 2004 in various departments including MC Trading, Mitsubishi Corporation and MC Shipping. Prior to that he has experience from Sumitomo Bank and Pacfic International Associates. Has a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce from Waseda University in Tokyo.
- Emailhiroyuki.ueda@arctic.com
- Phone+81 70 2150 3524

Synøve E. Jahren
Over 30 years of experience within administration in shipping from shipowning and shipbroking. Worked as secretary for almost 20 years for RS Platou sale and purchase department. Office operations.
- Emailsynove.jahren@arctic.com
- Phone+47 95 74 81 61