Four partners at Lightship Chartering have opted to depart from the otherwise up-and-coming Danish brokerage firm, effective immediately. The move concerns partners CEO Frank Mortensen, Mike Creaven, Kenneth Harritsøe and Thomas Stahl, all of whom - and allegedly to the surprise of chairman Morten Have - have opted to resign.

ShippingWatch spoke to three of the now former Lightship-execs Monday night, and none of them wished to comment on the situation, but several sources inform that disagreements broke out among the partners and that these disagreements were serious enough to cause a split at the otherwise renowned brokerage firm.