Profiles - meet some of your future possible colleagues
NORDEN offers a broad variety of possible job opportunities at our offices. Learn more about some of the job profiles and assignments in NORDEN below. Please note that profiles mentioned is a selection of the career opportunities at NORDEN, not a full list. (for open positions please see separate section)
ChartererMikkel B. Larsen, Senior Chartering Manager, Dry Cargo Department - Handymax, Copenhagen Always Three Moves Ahead "As charterer, you need to have a good knowledge of cargoes, customers, markets, and political conditions which could influence the demand for transportation of certain goods. And you need to be able to think long-term". Mikkel B. Larsen has been employed with NORDEN since 1998 and started as a shipping trainee. “My primary task is to ensure that our vessels are continuously provided with cargoes at the optimal freight rate wherever it fi ts into the itineraries of the vessels and the cargo schedules". Read the full article from NORDEN News Magazine |
OperatorChristian Sørensen, Operations Manager, Dry Cargo Department - "NORDEN" Tankers & Bulkers, Annapolis Ready for Departure "When a freight contract has been concluded, it is the task of the operator to ensure that the vessel delivers the goods and that the transportation takes place in an optimal manner. It is a multi-faceted task". ”If you compare a sea transport to a film, the operator in many ways is the director who has to make sure that the leading actor – the vessel – renders its best and that the teamwork between the various parts functions optimally”. Read the full article from NORDEN News Magazine |
ControllerHenrik Wahlstrøm, Controller, Dry Cargo Department, Copenhagen Controlling the Voyage “Officially I do not get involved until the voyage is completed and the cargo has been delivered, but actually I participate right from the beginning, giving advice about the wording of the charter party from my In professional terms, the job is to “control freight assignments on single or contract voyages”. All details are important; “When signing a contract for a cargo, we also agree on the loading and discharge ports, number of loading or discharge days, and which periods in the ports are to be considered “lay-time”, as well as which time windows the Company has, i.e. within which dates loading and discharge should take place. The total price is calculated on the basis of the facts available”. Read the full article from NORDEN News Magazine |