Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. announced the appointment of Mark Filanowski to the role of chief operating officer of the company. Mr. Filanowski, who has been a board member since the company went public in October 2014, will assume immediately the newly created position in the company. Mr. Filanowski was previously a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Marine Transport Corp. prior to his involvement in formation of Intrepid Shipping, LLC in 2002.  He has over 25 years of experience in shipping operations and finance. Mr. Filanowski will remain on the Board of Directors of Pangaea as a non-independent director, and he will retain his existing ownership interests in Intrepid Shipping, LLC.