---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606909-21-000128"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PANL"
cik: "0001606909"
company_name: "Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd."
filed_at: "2021-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T01:17:59.841914+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pangaea CEO and Chairman Ed Coll dies; COO Mark Filanowski named CEO

## Summary
- Ed Coll, Chairman and CEO of Pangaea, died on December 14, 2021.
- Chief Operating Officer Mark Filanowski appointed as CEO effective immediately.
- Richard du Moulin appointed Chairman of the Board.
- Co-founder Claus Boggild appointed Lead Independent Director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606909-21-000128
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PANL
- cik: 0001606909
- company_name: Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
- filed_at: 2021-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690921000128/0001606909-21-000128-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690921000128/panl-20211214.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-21-000128
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-21-000128.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-21-000128.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ed Coll departed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd..
  - Action: died
  - Role: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On December 14, 2021 , Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. ("Pangaea" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: PANL) announces the death of Ed Coll, its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690921000128/0001606909-21-000128-index.htm

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