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 27 Mar 08
New co-operation between pool participantsNORDEN and INC today annouced that they are estblishing two new pools to commercially manage their entire fleet of Handysize and Post-Panamax bulkcarriers. “Teaming up with our valued partner INTERORIENT provides us with a footprint in the Handysize and Post-Panamax market segments equal to our solid footprint in the Handymax and Panamax core segments, where we are among the world leaders. The Pool collaboration with INTERORIENT offers us a faster route to critical mass and strengthens our offering to custom-ers and partners,” says Jacob Meldgaard, Executive Vice President of NORDEN. ”Following the successful collaboration of NORDEN and INTERORIENT in the Norient Product Pool, we are delighted to extend our concept to the bulkcarrier sector. We believe that by combining the strengths of the two companies in the Handysize and Post-Panamax segments, we are creating a homogenous fleet that will be able to meet our customers’ increasingly complex demands,” says Themis Papadopoulos, CEO of INTERORIENT. |