Morten Arntzen

2007 Commodore, Executive Chairman at Team Tankers International

Speaker

Morten Arntzen has been involved in the global shipping industry continuously since 1979 in a variety of capacities: credit analyst, lender, underwriter, advisor, investor, board member (8 different companies, including Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Chiquita Banana and Team Tankers International), speaker, board chairman and chief executive officer. He worked for or with companies all over the globe, thru several shipping cycles and in all the major shipping segments (tankers, dry bulk, container, cruise, offshore, barges, gas carriers, car carriers and Jones Act). He built and reshaped several businesses during his banking career and actively participated in 2 major bank mergers (Manufacturers Hanover and Chemical Bank and Chemical Bank and Chase Manhattan); transformed American Marine Advisors from an arranger of loans to a multi-product shipping investment banking boutique with a speciality in restructuring; and successfully diversified Overseas Shipholding Group from being a pure operator of crude tankers in the spot market to an important competitor in several shipping segments, including building the leading Jones Act tanker platform. In the last decade he has been the Senior Shipping Industry Advisor to Macquarie Bank helping them build a world class shipping finance platform and, in his role as Executive Chairman of Team Tankers International, monetized all the assets of the company for its shareholders. He has also served on the Board of Trustees of Maine Maritime Academy since 2010.