Digital company Zeronorth, owned by founder Maersk Tankers and commodity trader Cargill, opens an office in Greece.
Søren Christian Meyer heads Zeronorth, which now opens an office in Greece | Photo: Maersk Tankers
Greece is the next area of investment for digital company Zeronorth, which was first founded by Maersk Tankers and has since added commodity trader Cargill as an investor.
As such, Zeronorth has just opened an office in the Greek port city of Piraeus, says Zeronorth in a press release. According to the company, the new office will provide a “direct link to one of shipping’s most important regions”.
“This move means that we can work closely with Greek tramp shipping market leaders to explore how Optimise [the company’s digital solution, -ed.] can generate increased revenue and reduced emissions,” says Zeronorth CEO, Søren Christian Meyer, in the press release.
Zeronorth has appointed Panayotis Bachtis to head the Greek office as general manager.
The company hopes to bring in carriers and operators in the bulk and tanker industries as customers, and it aims to provide significant gains on the companies’ fuel bills and reduce ships’ climate footprint.
So far, almost 1,500 ships have been connected to Zeronorth’s solution, informs the company. The company furthermore expects it to be possible to increase that figure to 6,000 “over the next five years”.
Meyer recently told Danish business media Børsen that Zeronorth expects to reach 2,000-2,500 ships by the end of this year.
English Edit: Ida Jacobsen
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