Employee News
New employee in Hellerup - Annemarie Bjerregaard
On 2 January 2012, we will welcome Ms Annemarie Bjerregaard to our Panamax Operations Section in our Dry Cargo Department.
New employee in Shanghai - Felix Ng
We are pleased to welcome Mr Felix Ng (Singaporean citizen, 45 years old), Director & Chief Representative of NORDEN Shipping (Shanghai) Representative Office.
He comes from a position as Vice President, Trading West (Europe, Americas and Africa) in Holcim Trading Madrid. Felix Ng has almost 20 years experience in commodity trading. He has held various positions within Holcim which he joined 1997. Before taking up the position in Madrid in 2008 he was based in Singapore and Beijing. He got his initial commodity experiences when working for Sinotrad Pte. Ltd., Singapore from 1992 to 1997. Felix Ng holds a university degree from Perth in Western Australia followed up by HOLCIM/IMD leadership program and senior management program.
New Chairman of the Danish Shipowners’ Association
At a shipowners’ meeting today, the Danish Shipowners’ Association elected Carsten Mortensen, CEO of Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S, as its new Chairman.
Carsten Mortensen replaces Lars Vang Christensen, who is resigning from his position as CEO of herning shipping a.s. due to a change of ownership. This means that he is leaving the Board of Directors of the Danish Shipowners’ Association.
Carsten Mortensen was elected to the Board of Directors of the Danish Shipowners’ Association in 2005, and he has been Vice Chairman since 2009.
In connection with the change of Chairman, Carsten Mortensen said the following:
”It is with regret that the Danish Shipowners’ Association must bid farewell to Lars Vang Christensen as its Chairman and as a member of the Board. Throughout his time with the Danish Shipowners’ Association, he has contributed to Danish shipping in a dedicated and very competent manner, and he has always emphasised the importance of the industry for the Danish economy. It will now be my task to continue the strategy and direction on which the Board of the Danish Shipowners’ Association are united. It is vital that we move forward with our work to ensure that, at all times, Danish shipping has a framework which, as an absolute minimum, corresponds to that under which our international competitors are operating.”
Read press release from Danish Shipowners' Association - in DANISH
Read press release from Danish Shipowners' Association - in ENGLISH
Carsten Mortensen's profile and photo
New employees - Annapolis & Hellerup
Annapolis
On 16 November 2011, we welcomed Ms Patricia Brazil, Accountant in our Accounting Department.
Hellerup
On 1 December 2011, we welcomed Mr Lars Warberg Sørensen, Performance Manager in our Technical Department.
On 1 December 2011, we welcomed Mr Vijay Kumar, It Services & Support in our IT Department.
On 5 December 2011, we will welcome Mr Freddy Andersen Møjbæk, IT Services & Support in our IT Department.
New employee in Singapore - Leong Thye Tan
Welcome to Mr Leong Thye Tan, IT Systems Administrator at our Singapore office.
New employees Hellerup
Welcome to;
Technical Department
Mr Christian Emil Joensen, Superintendent.
HR Department
Ms Henny Wilfert, HR Partner.
New Vice Chairman of North of England P&I Association
NORDEN's Senior Vice President Mr Lars B. Christensen has been appointed Vice Chairman of North of England P&I Association with effect from 19 October 2011. At the same time Mr Pratap Shirke of ASP Ship Management Group was appointed Chairman of the Board.
The Directors of the Association comments on the appointment on the Association’s website: “We would like to congratulate Pratap and Lars on their appointments and we look forward to supporting them in their new roles and building upon North's three strategic pillars of membership quality, financial strength and service excellence over the coming years.” Source
North of England P&I Association is a leading marine liability insurer providing P&I, FD&D, War Risks and ancillary insurance to shipowners worldwide. North of England is NORDEN’s main P&I Club.
Promotion in Singapore - Søren Meldgaard Jepsen
Mr Søren Meldgaard Jepsen, Senior Chartering Manager has been promoted to General Manager in NORDEN Shipping (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Søren will be responsible for NORDEN's Dry Cargo Panamax actitivies in the Far East.
Read more about Søren Meldgaard Jepsen and his background (in Danish)
Promotion - Per Vestergaard
On 1 October 2011 Mr Per Vestergaard, Performance Manager was promoted to Senior Performance Manager in our Technical Department. Congratulations Per.
New section in Dry Cargo Department - Hellerup
To support our strategic objective of future cargo growth, NORDEN has effective from 1 October 2011, established a Business Development section in our Dry Cargo Department. The primary focus will be on long term projects/COAs across all vessel types, as well as obtaining a better understanding of cargo flows within selected commodities and trades. The goal is to create a “pipeline” of future NORDEN customers.
The Business Development Team will work in close co-operation with the different vessel type sections and overseas offices.
The new section will consist of Mr Michael Boetius, Head of Dry Cargo Business Development and Mr Jan Ivarsen, Senior Business Development Manager. Jan will transfer from the Handysize Chartering Team. Michael will concurrently continue in his position as Vice President, Capesize and Post Panamax Chartering.
New employee - Singapore - Vincent Wong
On 17 October 2011, we will welcome Mr Vincent Wong, Chartering Manager in our Dry Cargo Department in our Singapore office.
Jens Christensen, Vice President and Deputy in Technical Department, 40th birthday
Jens Christensen, Vice President and Deputy in NORDEN's Technical Department, turns 40 on 14 October 2011. Jens has been employed with NORDEN since 1996, first at sea and from 2000 on shore in our Technical Department.
Read more about Jens Christensen and his background (in Danish)
New employees - Hellerup
Technical Department
On 11 October 2011, we welcomed Mr Morten Krusaa as Student Assistant.
On 12 October 2011, we will welcome Ms Pernille Stubberup as Consultant for a period of 8 weeks.
On 17 October 2011, we will welcome Ms Christina B. Ebert-Kondrup as Crew Manager - Temporary.
From Hellerup to Singapore and vice versa
Dry Cargo Department
Today Mr Jakob Laursen, Senior Operations Manager will transfer to our Singapore office to take over the position from Mr Christian Sørensen who will return to our office in Hellerup around 15 October 2011.
New employee - Hellerup - Jesper Kraft Andersen
Welcome to Mr Jesper Kraft Andersen, Port Captain in our Dry Cargo Department in Hellerup.
Marianne Sørensen, Projects Coordinator, 50th birthday
Marianne Sørensen, Projects Coordinator in NORDEN's Dry Cargo Department, Projects Section, turns 50 on 2 October 2011. Marianne has been with NORDEN since 2010.
Read more about Marianne Sørensen and her background (in Danish)
New colleagues - Hellerup
On 1 October 2011, we will welcome;
Technical Department
Mr Jakob Gericke, Superintendent.
Mr Søren Retz Johansson, Senior Vetting Manager.
Corporate Communications & CSR
Ms Satnam Kaur Nanda-Jørgensen, CSR & Compliance Manager.
Organisational changes - Annapolis to Hellerup
After 2 years and 10 months at our Annapolis office, Ms Majbritt Sundstrøm, Operations Manager has returned to our Hellerup office, Dry Cargo Department, Panamax section.
Welcome back.
New colleagues - Hellerup and Annapolis
Hellerup
On 5 September 2011, we welcomed Mr Stefan Janlycke, Purchaser in our Technical Department.
Annapolis
On 6 September 2011, we welcomed Mr Ivan Santos, Senior Operations Manager in our Dry Cargo Department.
On 19 September 2011, we will welcome Mr Jason Lykens, Chartering Manager in our Dry Cargo Department.
New colleagues - Hellerup
Corporate Secretariat
Welcome to Ms Mette Bendorff Andersen, Analyst.
Dry Cargo Department, Control Section
Ms Charlotte Jensen, Controller - Temporary, has been permanently employed.
Promotions - Purchasing Department
We are pleased to annouce the following promotions in Hellerup:
Technical Department - Purchasing
Mr Ole Lykke, Purchasing Manager is promoted to Senior Purchasing Manager.
Mr Peter Sundell, Assistant Purchasing Manager is promoted to Purchasing Manager.
Congratulations.
New employee - Hellerup - Daiva Juzeliunaite
We are pleased to welcome Ms Daiva Juzeliunaite as temporary Controller in our Dry Cargo Department.
Peder Prang Nielsen, Senior Operations Manager, 60th birthday
Peder Prang Nielsen, Senior Operations Manager in NORDEN's Dry Cargo Department, Handymax Section, turns 60 on 24 August 2011. Peder has been with NORDEN since 2007.
Read more about Peder Prang Nielsen and his background (in Danish)
From Hellerup to Singapore - Anne Mette Hansen
After a little more than one year back home in Denmark, Ms Anne Mette Hansen will return to our Singapore office as Chartering Manager in our Dry Cargo Department.
Temporary organisational changes
Shanghai to Hellerup
Ms Carrie Chen and Mr Xin Yu, NORDEN's two second year shipping trainees in Shanghai, will continue their training in our Hellerup office and thus complete their second year as shipping trainees there.
Singapore to Hellerup and vice versa
Ms Kelly Lam, Senior Accounts Executive in Singapore will temporarily swop places with Ms Julie Rolskov, Financial Assistant in Hellerup for a period of three months.
Finn Sørensen - 30 years anniversary
Senior Chartering Manager Finn Sørensen can celebrate his 30 years anniversary in NORDEN on 1 August 2011.
Read more about Finn Sørensen and his background in Danish.
New Port Captains
Dry Cargo, Panamax Operations
We are pleased to welcome;
Mr Rolv Engen and
Mr Olav iversen
both Port Captains at Svalbard.
New employee in Hellerup - Nicholai B. Güldner
On 11 July 2011, we will welcome Mr Nicholai B. Güldner as Piccolo at our head office. Nicholai will replace our Piccolo Philip Rugh Høy Hansen, who will start his studies (Intercultural Market Communications) at Copenhagen Business School medio August 2011.
Welcome to Nicholai and all the best to Philip.
NORDEN has opened Site Office at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
In March 2011, NORDEN opened Site Office at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan, South Korea.
The Site Office supervises the building of three dry cargo Handysize vessels with expected delivery during 2011/first quarter of 2012.
Organisational changes - Rio de Janeiro
On 1 July 2011, Mr Rasmus Saltofte, Chartering Manager was promoted to General Manager of our Rio Office.
New employees in Hellerup
On 1 July 2011, we will welcome Mr Henrik Weimar-Rasmussen, Analyst in our Corporate Secretariat.
On 1 August 2010, we will welcome Mr Jens Peter Skaarup, Senior Communications Manager, Corporate Communications & CSR. More about Jens Peter Skaarup.
New Trainees 2011 - worldwide
We look very much forward to welcoming the following new trainees on 1 August 2011.
Hellerup - Shipping Trainees
Mr Andreas Kastrup Olsen, 23 years old.
Andreas holds a bachelor degree (HA), Copenhagen Business School.
Mr Jesper Jonstrup Jensen, 20 years old.
Jesper has completed a Higher Commercial Examination Programme, HHX, Selandia CEU, Slagelse.
Mr Lasse Jensen, 22 years old.
Lasse has completed a Higher Commercial Examination Programme, HHX, Handelsskolen Minerva, Randers.
Mr Mads Mølleløkke Simonsen, 20 years old.
Mads has completed a Higher Commercial Examination Programme, HHX, Handelsskolen Silkeborg.
Mr Morten Vesth, 18 years old.
Morten has completed a Higher Commercial Examination Programme, HHX, Niels Brock Business College, Copenhagen.
Hellerup - Finance Trainee
Ms Malin Dybeck, 25 years old.
Malin holds an AP (Academy Profession degree) (markedsføringsøkonom), Niels Brock Business College, Copenhagen.
Singapore - Shipping Trainee
Mr Mohamad Shahril Bin Zainuddin, 24 years old.
Mohamad holds a Bachelor in Maritime Studies from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Shanghai - Shipping Trainee
Mr Rangy Zhang, 25 years old.
Rangy holds a Diploma in Maritime Administration, Dalian Martime University and a Master’s Degree in Maritime Law, Swansea University.
Annapolis - Shipping Trainees
Ms Andrea Sørensen, 22 years old.
Andrea holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Florida.
Ms Kerry Tucker, 24 years old.
Kerry holds a Bachelor of Science – International Transportation & Trade, SUNY Maritime College.
Shipping Trainee News - Denmark - class of 2009-2011
Hellerup
On 31 July 2011,
we are pleased to congratulate three Shipping Trainees who have completed the Shipping Trainee Programme and will graduate from Hellerup. We look forward to continuing the co-operation with them in their new positions;
Ms Laura Rosholm will transfer to Annapolis in a position as Assistant Operations Manager on 1 August 2011.
Mr Jacob Kragh will transfer to Rio in a position as Assistant Chartering Manager around 1 November 2011.
Mr Stephan Skovgaard Jensen has decided to change his career direction and go to sea to start with.
New members of NORDEN's CSR Executive Body
To further strengthen NORDENs CSR Executive Body and to ensure that NORDEN's commercial departments are directly involved in its work, two new members have joined the body.
From NORDEN's Tanker department, General Manager, Steven Sandorff and from the Dry Cargo department, Vice President, Thomas Jarde. Hans Bøving and Birgitte Jeppesen, both from Corporate Communications & CSR, have left the body.
More details about NORDEN's CSR Executive Body
New employees in Hellerup - Corp. Sec., Bunkers and IT
On 6 June 2011, Mr Andreas Kleissl joined us as IT Services & Support.
On 10 June 2011, Mr Troels L. Johansen will join us as Student Assistant in our Corporate Secretariat for a period of about 3 months.
On 15 June 2011, Mr Mikkel Marconi will join us as Assistant Bunkers Manager.
New chairman of the business committee of the Danish Shipowners' Association
Mr Lars B. Christensen, Senior Vice President has been elected chairman of the business committee of the Danish Shipowners' Association. 17 members are represented in the committee.
Claus B. Jensen, Port Captain in NORDEN Tankers & Bulkers (USA) Inc., Annapolis, turns 50
Claus B. Jensen, who turns 50 on 9 June 2011, got an old dream of living and working in USA fulfilled, when he was offered to be one of NORDEN's 3 port captains at the office in Annapolis in 2007.
From his base in New Orleans Claus services NORDEN vessels calling ports like Tampa (Florida), Mobile (Alabama), Mississippi river, Port Arthur (Texas), Houston (Texas), Galveston (Texas) and Corpus Christi (Texas) on the US Gulf Coast. As well vessels as port authorities benefit from Claus' solid experience from almost 30 years at sea for ship owners like ØK, Terkol, Elite Shipping (later Clipper Elite Carriers), Hapaq-Lloyd and the latest NORDEN, where he was employed as Captain on NORD BRIGHT in 2005.
Read more about Claus B. Jensen and his background (in Danish)
New employee in Hellerup - Charlotte Jensen
Today, Ms Charlotte Jensen, Controller - Temporary has joined our Dry Cargo Department, Control Section.
New employee in Hellerup - Jon Iver Knudsen
On 2 May 2011, we welcomed Mr Jon Iver Knudsen, Superintendent in our Technical Department.
Sture Freudenreich, Director and manager of NORDEN's IT Department, turns 40
Sture Freudenreich, who turns 40 on 4 May 2011, joined NORDEN in 1998 as Student Assistant while he was studying at Niels Brock at Copenhagen Business School. At that time, NORDEN had about 30 employees on shore and only one single server. The Company had no IT Department as such wherefore Sture got the task of being an "IT-handyman". A task that quickly showed his talents and when he completed his studies as Information Technologist in 1999, Sture was employed by NORDEN to establish its IT Deparment.
Read more about Sture Freudenreich and his background (in Danish)
New employee in Singapore - Ms Perlin Chua
On 28 April 2011, we will welcome Ms Perlin Chua, Salary Manager at our Singapore office.
New employees in Hellerup
On 18 April 2011, we welcomed Ms Bettina Nordgard as temporary in our Reception.
On 26 April 2011, we will welcome Mr Mads Simoni as Student Assistant in our Technical Department.
Steven Sandorff, General Manager, Tanker Department, 50th birthday
Steven Sandorff, who turns 50 on 9 April 2011 came to NORDEN in 2000 as manager of the operations sectionsin NORDEN's Tanker Department.
Read more about Steven Sandorff and his background (in Danish)
New employee - Martin Houmøller
On 11 April 2011, we will welcome Mr Martin Houmøller as QA Manager in our Technical Department.
Temporary organisational changes
From 28 March 2011, Ms Judy Chen is temporarily transferred from our Shanghai office to our Hellerup office af Assistant Chartering Manager in our Panamax section in Dry Cargo Department. Judy is expected to return to Shanghai in about 3 months.
New employee - Björn Hilmarsson
On 7 March 2011, Mr Björn Hilmarsson, Analyst will join our Corporate Secretariat.
New employee in the Phillippines - Ms Maria Havana
Welcome to Ms Maria Havana, Secretay at our TSM Crewing Department, NORDEN Division, Phillippines.
New employees in Hellerup
On 1 March 2011, we will welcome the following new employees:
HR Department
Ms Martine Celine Zola-Honoré, HR Coordinator.
Dry Cargo Department
Ms Camilla Engedal, Chartering Manager, NORDEN Handysize Pool.
Mr Timothy John Fitzpatrick, Chartering Manager, Panamax section.
Technical Department
Mr Peter Halmøe, Purchaser.
Mr Per Vestergaard, Performance Manager.
IT Department
Mr Jonas Helmgaard Nielsen, IT Services & Support.
New employee - Jerry Pang Hun Miah
Welcome to Mr Jerry Pang Hun Miah, IT Serivces & Support in our Singapore office.
New colleague - Rangy Zhang
Welcome to Mr Rangy Zhang, Chartering Assistant in our Shanghai office. From 1 August 2011, Rangy will enter our Shipping Trainee programme.
Organisational changes
From Corporate Secretariat to Dry Cargo Department
Mr Mads Pilgaard has transferred from Corporate Secretariat to our Projects Section in our Dry Cargo Department as Projects Manager.
Technical Department
Ms Mette Louise Herring Andersen, Secretary - Temporary has been permanently employed.
NORDEN 140 years
Take a quick tour through our historic gallery and get a few snapshots from NORDEN’s 140 years as ship owner and operator.
Promotion - Peter Hoff-Jensen
We are pleased to announce that Mr Peter Niklas Hoff-Jensen, Business Application Assistant has been promoted to Business Application Manager (Glomaris).
New employee Hellerup - Helene Baum
On 10 February 2011, Ms Helene Baum will join us as HR Coordinator - Temporary.
From Norient Product Pool to NORDEN
On 1 February 2011, Mr Jeppe Mulvad Larsen, Assistant Performance Manager in Norient Product Pool will transfer to NORDEN as Assistant Superintendent in our Technical Department.
From Hellerup to Annapolis
Dry Cargo Department
Today Mr Mads Haugaard, Senior Chartering Manager will transfer from Hellerup to Annapolis.
New employees - Hellerup
Welcome to:
26 January 2011
Mr Søren Christensen, Senior Chartering Manager in our Dry Cargo Department, Capesize and Post-Panamax sections.
1 February 2011
Mr Páll Nolsøe Slættanes, Assistant Superintendent in our Technical Department.
New employee - Mette Louise Herring Andersen
Welcome to Ms Mette Louise Herring Andersen, Secretary - Temporary, in our Technical Department.