TradeWindsreported last night Nokta had told staffers at the New York bank he was leaving18 months after reports of an exit first did the rounds.

While Dahlmanhas yet to confirm Nokta’s departure, Margolin today issued his first report asthe bank’s lead shipping analyst.

“We areassuming coverage of the Marine Transport space,” wrote Margolin in a reportco-authored by associate Vincent Lovaglio.