J. Lauritzen is one of the founding members of the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) – which is a global business network working towards the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption that enables fair trade to the benefit of society at large.
"...we remain optimistic in terms of further dry cargo market improvements as fleet growth is moderate. Earnings for our gas carriers were better than expected..."
“During the first quarter of 2018, additional bulk carriers were taken on long-term time-charter in anticipation of further dry cargo market improvements..."
Ready for market recovery “The refinancing and recapitalisation completed in 2017 strengthened our balance sheet”, says CEO Mads P. Zacho, adding that “we are pleased to note the continued strong loyalty shown by our many existing customers, but also that we succeeded in attracting a growing number of new customers during the year.”
At the annual general meeting of J. Lauritzen A/S in March 2018, Kristian V. Morch, CEO at Odfjell SE, Norway and Barbara Plucnar Jensen, CFO at ISS UK and Ireland will be elected as new members of the Board of Directors of J. Lauritzen.
