The Danish Norden, which has a fleet of about 80 ships for the transport of liquid and solid bulk and project cargo, of which 15 has entered into an agreement to acquire the Norwegian Norlat Shipping, a company specialized in the transport of forest products and other bulk cargoes is mainly engaged in traffic between Northern Europe and the markets of North Africa and North America. Norlat has offices in Norway and Sweden and eight employees who, with ships mainly of Handysize size rented, handle an average of 4-5 monthly shipments.