Shipping was bigger at Nordea in 2018

Nordea's shipping customers increased their activity in 2018, a year in which the bank had significantly more to do, its two shipping chiefs tell ShippingWatch. The bank's portfolio could grow a little from the current level, they say.
This summer Geir Atle Lerkerød (left) and Thor-Erik Bech were appointed heads of shipping at Nordea, succeeding Hans Christian Kjelsrud, who switched to SEB. Lerkerød heads the bank's Nordic shipping business, while Bech is responsible for international shipping and offshore. | Photo: Nordea
This summer Geir Atle Lerkerød (left) and Thor-Erik Bech were appointed heads of shipping at Nordea, succeeding Hans Christian Kjelsrud, who switched to SEB. Lerkerød heads the bank's Nordic shipping business, while Bech is responsible for international shipping and offshore. | Photo: Nordea

Nordea's shipping customers had more to do in 2018, and this has been felt at the major Nordic shipping bank, say Nordea's two heads of shipping, Geir Atle Lerkerød and Thor-Erik Bech, in an interview with ShippingWatch.

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