NORDEN’s Dry Cargo Head Bonderup Resigns
Ejner Bonderup, Executive Vice President and member of the Executive Management in Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S, has resigned from his position to take up a position in another shipping company. Bonderup will continue at NORDEN for a limited amount of time during a transitional period. Throughout the period ending on December 31, 2017, Ejner Bonderup will be subject to restrictive covenants, unless released by the company. After Bonderup’s resignation, NORDEN’s executive management consists of CEO Jan Rindbo and Executive Vice President & CFO Martin Badsted.
Norden Shuffles Executive Management Team
Danish dry cargo and tanker shipping company Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S informs it has combined a number of management functions in order to reduce its executive management team from five to three members. “With the changes we are consolidating a number of functions creating a more streamlined organization,” Norden CEO Jan Rindbo stated in a press release. Effective immediately, Norden’s new plan sees the executive management team trimmed down to CEO Jan Rindbo, CFO Martin Badsted and executive vice president Ejner Kiel Bonderup.
Norden Renegotiates C/P's as Low Rates Bite
Danish shipping company D/S Norden has renegotiated charter agreements for nine vessels with their Japanese owners in reaction to record low dry bulk freight rates. The company has made a one-off payment of $51.5 million in return for a reduction in future time-charter payments to $62 million in the next four years, saving it $10.5 million, it said in a statement on Thursday. "We have similar time-charter contracts where we could renegotiate contracts," Executive Vice President Martin Badsted told Reuters. Reporting by Ole Mikkelsen
Major Drybulk Ship Operator Lowers 2014 Expectations
Danish shipping company D/S Norden, one of the biggest dry bulk shipping companies in the world, said it would not make a profit this year after posting a loss in the second quarter due to low freight rates and falling demand in Asia. The firm's loss before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased to $7 million against $3.9 million in losses a year ago and compared to the $19.3 million-loss expected by analysts polled by Reuters. The company lowered its EBITDA forecast for 2014 to range of a loss of $60 million and breaking even, from a previous guidance of a loss of $40 million loss to a profit of $60 million. "The market situation went from bad to worse in the quarter.
