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BW Group and the Sohmen-Pao family have positioned themselves as a major consolidating force in shipping over the last couple of years. In an interview with ShippingWatch, Chairman Andreas Sohmen-Pao explains what the drivers behind the expansion process are.
Historically, the Sohmen-Pao family has looked a lot towards the Nordic countries to expand the global footprint of Singapore's influential maritime group. Lately, it has happened again. BW Group Chairman Andreas Sohmen-Pao explains to ShippingWatch what exactly makes Singapore/Oslo/Copenhagen a fine match.
Epic Gas, of which BW Group now owns a majority stake, appoints Andreas Sohmen-Pao as new chairman. And the gas shipping company also reports a deficit for the first quarter.
Maersk Tankers wanted to acquire Hafnia's fleet, but was beaten by BW Group and the Sohmen-Pao family with an attractive offer to buy the entire shipping company. ShippingWatch reconstructs the story about how one of the world's biggest product tanker carriers was created.
BW LPG Chief Executive Martin Ackermann still believes in consolidation in the gas tanker sector after the collapsed negotiations with Dorian. The latter's CEO denies having shut down the talks.
Maersk Group CEO, Søren Skou, acknowledges to ShippingWatch that Maersk's plan of action to meet the new CO2 targets by 2050 is far from complete. BW Group's chairman Andreas Sohmen-Pao (photo) describes the targets as "an opportunity and a risk" that everyone needs to take into account.
That was one of the arguments cited when Hafnia Tankers CEO Mikael Skov and CEO of Teekay Corporation, Kenneth Hvid, participated in a debate in which they had to convince representatives from family-owned carriers that they belong to the past.
Product tanker company BW Pacific has initiated an IPO process. If things pan out, the company, which is currently establishing a presence in Copenhagen, could go public before the turn of the year.
BW LPG is growing with the acquisition of shares in Dorian LPG to become an even bigger VLGC player. One big challenge is the optimization of the entire fleet, says CEO Nicholas Gleeson to ShippingWatch.
BW LPG vokser med opkøbet af aktier i Dorian LPG til en endnu større VLGC-spiller. Udfordringen er optimal udnyttelse af flåden, fortæller CEO Nicholas Gleeson til ShippingWatch.
Norden's former CEO, Carsten Mortensen has settled into his office at BW Group's headquarters in Singapore. The main task ahead will be to create growth in the gas-dominated group. ShippingWatch paid a visit to one of the world's largest shipping groups.
Nordens tidligere CEO Carsten Mortensen er på plads i sit kontor i BW Groups hovedsæde i Singapore. Opgaven bliver frem for alt at skabe vækst i det gas-dominerede shippingselskab. ShippingWatch har besøgt en af verdens største rederigrupper.
Flere ledende shippingfolk på Sea Asia ser en farlig tendens til, at rederier bliver alt for snævert fokuseret på f.eks. et undersegment som LR eller Suezmax. Flere børsnoteringer ses som en af grundene.
Danske Martin Ackermann bliver ny CEO i det børsnoterede BW LPG, der er verdens største ejer af kæmpe gasskibe. Martin Ackermann er den nuværende CEO i Evergas. ShippingWatch har interviewet Ackermann.
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