---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606909-22-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PANL"
cik: "0001606909"
company_name: "Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd."
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:09:24.051672+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pangaea appoints Mads Boye Petersen as COO effective April 1, 2022

## Summary
- Petersen replaces Mark Filanowski, who was promoted to CEO in December 2021.
- New COO to oversee group strategy, execution, capital markets, and ESG initiatives.
- Petersen has been with Pangaea since 2009, leading its ice-class shipping business.
- He will continue as Managing Director for Danish and Singapore subsidiaries.
- Petersen holds an Executive MBA from Copenhagen Business School.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606909-22-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PANL
- cik: 0001606909
- company_name: Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690922000019/0001606909-22-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690922000019/panl-20220222.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-22-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-22-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-22-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mads Boye Petersen was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Mads Boye Petersen has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer, effective on April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690922000019/0001606909-22-000019-index.htm

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