DSA said Mortensen was stepping down aschairman after landing a job to run BW Group in Singapore this week.
He became a director at DSA in 2005, before becomingdeputy chairman in 2009 and chairman in 2011.
"Carsten Mortensen has worked very hard on behalfof the Danish Shipowners' Association for nearly ten years," said acting chairman Claus Hemmingsen, CEO of MaerskDrilling.
"It is excellent recognition for Carsten Mortensen andDanish shipping that the global industry now looks to Denmark to recruit itstop managers."
