Otto Danielsen AS

In 1944, Mr. Otto Danielsen founded the company as a ship broker with emphasis on sale & purchase of vessels and contracting of newbuildings. The company evolved into a fully integrated ship owning company in the 1950’ties with a focus on smaller multipurpose ships.

The company remained in the Danielsen family until 2005 when the company was taken over by the Norwegian Shipping group Tschudi Shipping Company. Tschudi used the company as the commercial platform for their conventional shipping activities and the company operated container and multipurpose vessels ranging from 3 – 15.000 deadweight whilst continuing to also act as a competitive ship broker.

In December 2016, the company was acquired by Mr. Jens Gr?nning and Mr. S?ren Andersen with the mission of creating a boutique asset management platform and providing Private Equity, Pension Funds and other capital investors with shipping related investment opportunities including the management of same.

Services
Our mission is to create superior value to our clients and investors through a proactive, transparent and personal business approach, anchored in integrity, honesty and dedication.

We bring extensive operational and managerial experience in the maritime industry to the table and can provide:

Full asset management, assisting Clients with acquisitions and management of shipping assets; vessels or companies, including divestment strategies and timing.
Company management with technical and commercial management arranged either in-house or outsourced with performance monitoring.

Chartering and ship management services.
Traditional sale & lease back transactions.
Structuring & managing warehousing of distressed assets.
Assisting bank and other financial institutions with exit solutions for distressed loan portfolios.

Suggestions for and advice on Merger & Acquisition targets, as well as consolidation initiatives either as project leaders, pure consultants, or ultimate managers.

Maritime advisory and consultancy services either project or term based.
As a lean outfit, we plan to differentiate ourselves by offering a personal and hands-on service, recognizing that our key success criteria is to provide a flawless operation achieving a superior financial performance.