Jan Petter Røed
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Primary Evidence
"Even more crucial for the commission income was their compatriot Jan Petter Røed. Madame Dolly Seah in Singapore was serious when she offered Røed to finance his start as a shipowner. In the fall of 1969, Fredriksen found an old dry cargo barge of 7000 tons, built at the not too reputable Doxford shipyard, which Røed got for 600,000 dollars. The money came from Dolly, the ship was named "Cherry Weekend," and Røed was underway."
"John Fredriksen was waiting for one of his drinking buddies, the fourteen years older Jan Petter Røed. The night before, they had been up until four o'clock, in the dark streets of the area around Bugis Street, the haven for transvestites. Fredriksen smiled at the thought of this, Singapore's biggest tourist attraction. There were many greenhorns who got a surprise there. He signaled to the Indian at the bar to get another gin and tonic. The hangover was starting to let go, even though the heat clung both suit and shirt to his back."
"Jan Petter Røed"