Concordia Maritime CEO: Tanker market fragile as an eggshell

2015 looks like it will break a record for Concordia Maritime from 2000, says CEO Kim Ullman in an interview with ShippingWatch. Now growth from last year needs to be consolidated in a market at risk of collapsing at the end of the year, he says.

BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

Published: 14.01.16 at 13:36

GOTHENBURG

Kim Ullman is one of few people to take a reserved stance in terms of praising the tanker market in the past year. As CEO of the Stena Group's listed tanker carrier, Concordia Maritime, even large-scale gains in 2015 do not seem to impress him.

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