Thorco regrets rejecting bid for now-bankrupt shipping company

A Japanese takeover could have saved millions of kroner from being lost and perhaps averted the subsequent bankruptcy of the shipping company Thorco.
Thor Stadil, Chairman of the Board at Thornico | Photo: Casper Dalhoff/Ritzau Scanpix
Thor Stadil, Chairman of the Board at Thornico | Photo: Casper Dalhoff/Ritzau Scanpix

In 2016, the Stadil family came very close to selling its entire shipping business, which was already struggling with heavy losses after a failed venture into buying and long term-chartering ships.

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