Martin Lunder enjoys telling the story of one of his daughters participating in a classroom discussion in which kids explained their parents’ occupations.

A teacher was puzzled when she thought she was being told that Martin was “a loner”. Only with a little more investigation did it turn out his daughter was describing him as “a loaner” instead.

The story is reflective of the native Norwegian’s good humour, but also ironic given his career full of relationships with some of the most important shipping names of the time: from the likes of Peter Livanos and Torben Karlshoej in the early days to current public...