Nordseth: Of course I'm disappointed

South Korea beat Denmark in the race for the international top job at the IMO. "Of course I'm disappointed that I didn't win," Andreas Nordseth, Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority, told ShippingWatch after the final decision.
Photo: Søfartsstyrelsen
Photo: Søfartsstyrelsen
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

There was no international top job for Denmark this time around when the UN's International Maritime Organization elected a new Secretary General on Tuesday. The Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority, Andreas Nordseth, has otherwise fought a fierce battle alongside several Danish ministers for the past six months to win the majority vote. But in the end it was the South Korean candidate Ki-tack Lim who won the title. And Andreas Nordseth was indeed disappointed when ShippingWatch got in touch with him in London just after the final decision.

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