Employee News
New employee in Hellerup - Maria Winkler Jensen
We are pleased to welcome Ms Maria Winkler Jensen, Assistant Operations Manager to our Dry Cargo Department, Panamax operations section.
NORDEN terminates contracts with 10 Danish Senior Officers and 14 Danish Junior Officers resign after graduation
NORDEN has to make cost adjustments as a result of several years of significantly negative results in the Tanker segment and the grave outlook for the shipping industry and the tanker business in particular.
The cost adjustments entail termination of contract with 10 Danish Senior Officers and resignation of 14 Danish Junior Officers on DIS-registered tanker vessels. The Senior Officers will resign in May and June 2012. The Junior Officers will resign after graduation and attainment of agreed sea service in 2012 and 2013.
The vessels will then be manned by Indian and Philippine officers.
The termination of contracts and resignations are part of a general cost-cutting plan in the Company which has also entailed reductions among land-based staff and a general restructuring of the Company's Junior Officer programme.
Furthermore, contracting with Indian Senior Officers means that NORDEN will have crew for new Singapore registered vessels who meets the seniority requirements from oil majors.
Lars Lundegaard, Head of the Technical Department, says: ”The revised crewing strategy is necessary in order to secure that NORDEN is competitive and has a flexible crew composition. We regret that we have to let go of 10 Danish Senior Officers and gradually after graduation 14 Danish Junior Officers, who have all contributed to NORDEN, but for all shipping companies, it is about securing their reason for existing. We will continue employing cadets, but we do not guarantee that we can offer them sea service later on as Junior or Senior Officers.”
New employee in Hellerup, Jan Leth Ranis
On 23 January 2012, we will welcome Mr Jan Leth Ranis, Crew Accountant to our Technical Department.
Organisational changes - from QA & Vetting to Inspections
On 15 January 2012, Mr Lars Peter Tørnqvist transferred from our QA & Vetting section to our Inspections section in Technical Department.
Two new NORDEN site offices will open in Japan
Within the next week NORDEN will open two new Site Offices at ship yards in Japan:
NORDEN Site Office, Onomichi Shipyard Co., Ltd.
The Site Office will supervise the building of two dry cargo 37,000 dwt vessels with expected delivery during 2012 and 2013.
NORDEN Site Office, Oshima Shipyard Co., Ltd.
The Site Office will supervise the building of one dry cargo 61,000 dwt vessels with expected delivery during 2012.
Organisational changes - from Hellerup to Singapore
On 15 January 2012, Mr Owen Mulford, Assistant Chartering Manager will transfer to our Singapore office as Chartering Manager in our Dry Cargo Chartering Department. Owen joined NORDEN in Annapolis in January 2008 and transferred to Hellerup in August 2009.
Promotions
We are pleased to announce the following promotions with effect from 1 January 2012:
Dry Cargo Department
Hellerup:
Mr Henrik Lykkegaard Madsen from Director to Vice President.
Ms Mette Stenild Grøn from Senior Operations Manager to General Manager.
Mr Anders Borella from Bunker Manager to Senior Bunker Manager.
Singapore:
Mr Jakob Laursen from Senior Operations Manager to General Manager.
Shanghai:
Mr Jens Fjordgaard Jensen from Assistant Chartering Manager to Chartering Manager.
Mr Jay Chen from Assistant Chartering Manager to Chartering Manager.
Annapolis:
Mr Henrik Gordon Nielsen from Operations Manager to Senior Operations Manager.
Mr Søren Gaarmann from Assistant Operations Manager to Operations Manager.
Tanker Department
Hellerup:
Mr Steven Sandorff from General Manager to Director.
Technical Department
Hellerup:
Mr Páll Nolsøe Slættanes from Assistant Superintendent to Superintendent.
Mr Jeppe Mulvad Larsen from Assistant Superintendent to Superintendent.
Congratulations!