Danish owner-operator Norden has made a new hire to help grow its assets and logistics business unit, which oversees the firm’s owned fleet among other activities.
Anne Jensen has been hired as chief operating officer of the division to help grow what the company described as “integrated freight solutions” to customers, including port logistics and lower emission services.
The assets and logistics unit comprises Norden’s asset management, which oversees its owned vessels, and logistics and climate solutions, through which the firm handles its lower-carbon freight services.
“We are strengthening the leadership of the business unit, which increasingly shares asset investments, decarbonisation initiatives, safety and technical management services, under this new role, to drive further profitable growth and enhance our customer solutions within port logistics and lower emission freight products,” CEO Jan Rindbo said in a release on Tuesday.
“With Anne Jensen as new COO of assets and logistics, we look to expand our customer solutions, where we see attractive growth opportunities for Norden while continuing our agile asset management to generate value in volatile freight markets.”
Jensen’s background is within the energy industry, having worked previously at TotalEnergies, Maersk Oil and Shell. Norden described her as a “seasoned leader with a global mindset”.
Jensen said she is “both excited and humbled to join Norden”.
“With its diverse asset portfolio and long-standing history, there should be great opportunities for growth and an ability to support and drive the decarbonisation of shipping globally to reduce emissions in our customers’ supply chains,” she commented.
Last month, Norden took delivery of its first floating transfer station newbuilding, the Nord Gabon, which is one of the projects for which Jensen will be responsible in her new role.
The vessel will be deployed in Gabon as part of Norden’s transshipment project for manganese ore miner Comilog. The unit is able to transfer 1,500 tonnes of cargo per hour, accommodates 45 crew members and is capable of loading vessels ranging in size from supramax up to capesize.
