LDH Energy has poached dry-bulk veteran Keith Denholm from Eagle Bulk Shipping to lead its new move into the shipping sector.

The Louis Dreyfus and JP Morgan's Highbridge joint-venture's plans are said to include buying ships as well as trading them - and not only in the drybulk sector.

Keith Denholm.

Denholm, scion of the Scottish shipmanagement family, chose a career outside the family company, first distinguishing himself with 13 years' chartering work in the US before spending nearly a decade in Singapore as commercial director of Pacific Carriers Ltd (PCL).

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