Sometimes you just know when the time is right for change.

That moment has been approaching for outgoing Ardmore Shipping chief executive and founder Anthony Gurnee for some time.

Speaking to TradeWinds in the company’s boardroom by the river in Cork, Ireland, the 64-year-old had tongue slightly in cheek when he said: “I’ve been thinking about how to explain this and it’s really, I just don’t want to drive into work any more, and I want to do a few other things.