Leading Norwegian shipbroker Gerhard Dahl has died at the age of 80.

Dahl had been president of PF Bassoe, where he worked for 30 years until retiring in 2007.

After joining from what was then RS Platou, Dahl started the tanker-chartering department at PF Bassoe, which until then had been focused on sale and purchase.

Gerhard Dahl, the former PF Bassoe broker, has died.