Streetwise: Tor Olav Troim to John Fredriksen on International Seaways chase — so what are you waiting for?

There’s a rather vulgar expression about indecision, the nicer part of which involves the words “get off the pot”.

And to be clear, those were not the words used by Norwegian shipping entrepreneur Tor Olav Troim in Manhattan this week, when he was asked about a pursuit by his former boss, the famed John Fredriksen, of an increased role in the affairs of New York tanker owner International Seaways.