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27/09/2013at 15:53

Torben Østergaard: New leadership necessary in struggling company

USTC's Shipping Holding is in the midst of a turnaround and has made changes to the company's senior management. Now it's time to get back in black, says USTC-owner Torben Østergaard-Nielsen in an interview with ShippingWatch.
BY OLE ANDERSEN

A new man has taken over the reins of Shipping Holding, who owns shipping.dk, one of the bany business areas under United Shipping & Trading Company (USTC). For the last five years, the financial reports have described a company that has made some significant "holes in the ground," as USTC-owner Torben Østergaard-Nielsen puts it. And so now was the time to try something new. Since September 19th the company has been headed by Søren Gran Hansen, who replaced Lars Hoffmann:

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