---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606909-22-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PANL"
cik: "0001606909"
company_name: "Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd."
filed_at: "2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T14:48:28.295440+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pangaea appoints Karen H. Beachy to Board of Directors, effective March 28, 2022

## Summary
- Karen H. Beachy appointed to board, effective March 28, 2022.
- Beachy brings supply chain risk analysis experience from The Alliance Risk Group and serves as independent director of Oceaneering International.
- Chairman Richard du Moulin cites her operations and strategic experience as complementing the board.
- Beachy holds a BA from Purdue and an MBA from Krannert Graduate School of Management.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606909-22-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PANL
- cik: 0001606909
- company_name: Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.
- filed_at: 2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690922000037/0001606909-22-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690922000037/panl-20220329.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-22-000037
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-22-000037.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606909-22-000037.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Karen H. Beachy was appointed as director at Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On March 25, 2022, Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ : PANL) appointed Karen H. Beachy to serve as a director on the Company's board, effective March 28, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606909/000160690922000037/0001606909-22-000037-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.