FRO

Frontline Plc

One of the world's largest oil tanker companies, Frontline owns and operates a fleet of giant vessels—VLCCs, Suezmax, and Aframax tankers—that haul crude oil and refined fuels across the world's oceans. It began as Frontline AB in Sweden in 1985 and came under the wing of Norwegian-born shipping magnate John Fredriksen, nicknamed the "tanker king," who took control in 1996. The name plays on being at the "front line" of the shipping market.