The Howe Robinson chairman emerged  the clear  winner of an election for one of two vacated seats after campaigning on a platform which was highly critical of the Baltex electronic trading screen.

Kerr-Dineen – who was the Baltic’s chairman from 2003 to 2005 -- won  more than 44.4% of the issued vote, or  255,737 votes, beating Clarkson freight derivatives broker Bettina Goodall into second place with 198,125 (34.4%).

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