United Nordic Shipping (UNS) is the name of a new Danish shipping company that has been established by Sydfyenske Holding-owned Thor Rederi and Rederiet Otto Danielsen, which is a part of the Norwegian Tschudi Group. The two companies will operate a fleet of 18 smaller container and multipurpose vessels in the range from 1,200 DWT to 12,000 DWT. The two companies will continue to operate from their respective offices in Svendborg (Thor Rederi) and Copenhagen (Otto Danielsen). Søren Andersen, CEO of Otto Danielsen will take up the position as CEO in UNS, while Michael Mortensen, CEO in Thor Rederi will be CFO. The board of directors will be headed by Klaus Kjærulff; other board members are Bjarne Tvilde, Per Møller, Jon E. Sundnes, Niels Peter Nielsen and Peter Appel.
“It is a pleasure to see that a platform for consolidating small to medium sized shipping has been created”, says Klaus Kjærulff in a statement.