---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606909-21-000112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PANL"
cik: "0001606909"
company_name: "Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd."
filed_at: "2021-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:39:22.722847+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pangaea Logistics CEO Ed Coll on medical leave; COO Mark Filanowski appointed interim CEO

## Summary
- CEO Ed Coll unable to perform duties due to sudden non-COVID illness; on medical leave.
- Board appointed Mark Filanowski as interim CEO; Filanowski will continue as COO.
- No expected return date provided for Mr. Coll; leave duration unspecified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606909-21-000112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PANL
- cik: 0001606909
- company_name: Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
- filed_at: 2021-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690921000112/0001606909-21-000112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690921000112/panl-20210920.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-21-000112
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-21-000112.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ed Coll departed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd..
  - Action: will be on medical leave
  - Role: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 20, 2021 , Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ : PANL) reports that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ed Coll, is not able to perform his duties due to a sudden non-covid related illness and will be on medical leave.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690921000112/0001606909-21-000112-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Filanowski was appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer at Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: In Mr. Coll’s absence, the Board has appointed Mark Filanowski as interim Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690921000112/0001606909-21-000112-index.htm

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