WESTERN BULK CHARTERING Joachim Frantsen has been appointed as the new Head of the North Atlantic desk, effective 1 September. He succeedsTorbjørn Gjervik who has been promoted to Group CEO. "I´m pleased that we have so much internal talent willing to take on exciting opportunities as we are growing our company. With more than 20 years' experience from chartering and dry bulk, Joachim is equipped with all the tools needed for the team's continued success in serving our customers," saysTorbjørn Gjervik . Joachim has previously held the position of Head ofBlack Sea and Mediterranean/Steel team and joined Western Bulk as a chartering manager inJanuary 2017 , coming from theTorvald Klaveness Group where he worked in chartering for more than 10 years. The North Atlantic desk consists of 9 chartering managers working out of the company´s offices inOslo andSeattle . The team handles a volume of more than 40 vessels across the North Atlantic region. Contacts For more information, please contact: Ørjan Svanevik, Board member and Interim Chief Executive Officer E-mail: orjan.svanevik@westernbulk.comKenneth Thu , Chief Financial Officer Tel: +47 988 74302 E-mail: kenneth.thu@westernbulk.com About Western Bulk Chartering:Western Bulk Chartering AS is a major dry bulk shipping operator. The company is owned by theKistefos Group (68,7 %), Sayonara AS (former Ojada AS) (8,3 %), and a group of about 1200 other shareholders.Western Bulk Chartering AS is registered on Euronext Growth Oslo. See www.westernbulk.com for more information.
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