Capes Shipping Agencies announces that Henrik G. Nielsen has joined our team as General Manager. Henrik brings over seventeen years of diverse maritime experience to Capes, including vessel operations, technical, agency management, chartering and port captaincy. Henrik will be responsible for the management and development of their Baltimore, MD and Wilmington, DE offices. Henrik was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark where he started his career in 1998 as a management trainee with a major bulk owner/operator. He later relocated to Hamburg, Germany where he worked for several major ship brokers. In 2006, Henrik returned to Copenhagen accepting a management position with Norden. In 2009 he was relocated to Norden’s Annapolis, MD office, where he served as Senior Operations Manager and was responsible for operation of panamax, supramax, and handysize vessels for clients located in North and South America. Henrik’s diverse experience, deep network of contacts, and passion for shipping will compliment Capes’ tradition of professional service and will bring additional value to their clients.