The longtime headquarters of Connecticut-based pools player Heidmar is to remain open with current staffing under the company’s new chief executive and full ownership by Greek shipowner George Economou.

That was the word this week from freshly appointed CEO Pankaj Khanna, who spoke with TradeWinds on the sidelines of the Marine Money Week conference in New York today.

Heidmar’s other US office in Houston will also survive the transition and Khanna envisions it as the primary home of US chartering functions going forward.