Review-Affinity Independent shipbroker
30 March 2025 - Written by ML
Overview
This report examines exmployment profile for the independent shipbroker Affinity(Affinity Ship, 2025). The company is listed on the Baltic Exchange as being a member(Baltic Exchange, 2025).
Report method
Extracted employee details from the website and performed basic analysis to understand how the company structures its staffing.
Investigative approach
Step 1: Load the Data
- Read first few records from the data file of employee by name, sector and location.
## Name Sector Location
## 1 Richard Fulford-Smith S & P London
## 2 Chris Chasty (CFO) Accounts London
## 3 Petter Arentz AEI London
## 4 Tom Fairhurst S & P London
## 5 Tim Gurdon Tankers London
## 6 Bronco Hallpike Tankers LondonStep 2: Location Count
- Count the number of individuals per location:
## # A tibble: 20 × 2
## Location Count
## <chr> <int>
## 1 London 82
## 2 Singapore 32
## 3 Oslo 10
## 4 Houston 8
## 5 Dubai 5
## 6 Montevideo 5
## 7 Perth 5
## 8 Shanghai 5
## 9 Sydney 5
## 10 Melbourne 4
## 11 Santiago 4
## 12 Beijing 3
## 13 New York 3
## 14 Seoul 3
## 15 Brisbane 2
## 16 Rio de Janeiro 2
## 17 Rotterdam 2
## 18 Vancouver 2
## 19 Auckland 1
## 20 Hong Kong 1Insight: London dominates with 82 employees, followed by Singapore with 32, Oslo with 10 and fewer in Other locations.
Step 3: Sector Count
- Count the number of individuals per sector:
## # A tibble: 24 × 2
## Sector Count
## <chr> <int>
## 1 Dry Cargo 47
## 2 Tankers 18
## 3 Tanker Clean 17
## 4 S & P 14
## 5 Tanker Operations 13
## 6 LNG 12
## 7 Dry Cargo Operations 8
## 8 IT 7
## 9 Newbuilding 7
## 10 Offshore 6
## # ℹ 14 more rowsInsight: “Dry Cargo” (47 employees), Tankers (18) and “Dry Cargo” (6) are the most common sectors, followed by “S & P” (3). LNG is shown as having 12 employees. And LPG is shown as having 4 employees.
Step 4: Cross-Tabulate
- Create a cross-table to see how sectors distribute across locations:
## Location
## Sector Auckland Beijing Brisbane Dubai Hong Kong Houston London
## Accounts 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
## Administration 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## AEI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## Carbon 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
## Dry Cargo 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
## Dry Cargo Operations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Finance 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## IT 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
## LNG 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
## LPG 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
## LPG Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Newbuilding 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
## Offshore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Projects 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Research 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
## S & P 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
## Tanker Claims 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
## Tanker Clean 0 0 0 3 0 2 10
## Tanker Operations 0 1 0 0 0 3 8
## Tanker Small 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
## Tankers 0 2 0 0 0 3 11
## Tankers Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
## Time Charter 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
## Valuations 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## Location
## Sector Melbourne Montevideo New York Oslo Perth Rio de Janeiro
## Accounts 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Administration 0 0 0 0 0 0
## AEI 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Carbon 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Dry Cargo 3 4 2 2 5 0
## Dry Cargo Operations 1 1 1 0 0 0
## Finance 0 0 0 0 0 0
## IT 0 0 0 0 0 0
## LNG 0 0 0 0 0 0
## LPG 0 0 0 0 0 0
## LPG Products 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Newbuilding 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Offshore 0 0 0 6 0 0
## Projects 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Research 0 0 0 0 0 0
## S & P 0 0 0 2 0 0
## Tanker Claims 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Tanker Clean 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Tanker Operations 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Tanker Small 0 0 0 0 0 2
## Tankers 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Tankers Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Time Charter 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Valuations 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Location
## Sector Rotterdam Santiago Seoul Shanghai Singapore Sydney
## Accounts 0 0 0 0 2 0
## Administration 0 1 0 1 1 0
## AEI 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Carbon 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Dry Cargo 1 3 0 2 13 5
## Dry Cargo Operations 1 0 0 2 2 0
## Finance 0 0 0 0 0 0
## IT 0 0 0 0 1 0
## LNG 0 0 0 0 3 0
## LPG 0 0 0 0 0 0
## LPG Products 0 0 0 0 1 0
## Newbuilding 0 0 3 0 0 0
## Offshore 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Projects 0 0 0 0 1 0
## Research 0 0 0 0 0 0
## S & P 0 0 0 0 2 0
## Tanker Claims 0 0 0 0 1 0
## Tanker Clean 0 0 0 0 2 0
## Tanker Operations 0 0 0 0 1 0
## Tanker Small 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Tankers 0 0 0 0 2 0
## Tankers Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Time Charter 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Valuations 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Location
## Sector Vancouver
## Accounts 0
## Administration 0
## AEI 0
## Carbon 1
## Dry Cargo 1
## Dry Cargo Operations 0
## Finance 0
## IT 0
## LNG 0
## LPG 0
## LPG Products 0
## Newbuilding 0
## Offshore 0
## Projects 0
## Research 0
## S & P 0
## Tanker Claims 0
## Tanker Clean 0
## Tanker Operations 0
## Tanker Small 0
## Tankers 0
## Tankers Hong Kong 0
## Time Charter 0
## Valuations 0Insight:
“LPG” is concentrated in London (2) with Singapore and Dubai each having one employee.
London has the broadest mix of sectors (e.g. particular focus on “S & P”, “Tankers”), while Singapore has more specialized roles (e.g., “Dry Cargo”).
Step 5: Visualizations
- Visualize location counts and the sector-location relationship:
Insight from Visuals:
The bar plot highlights the central focus in London.
The heatmap shows clusters (e.g., broad mix of sectors in London in London with specialist sectors elsewhere).
Step 6: LPG and Products people
- List people in LPG and Products sectors:
| Name | Sector | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Miles Shenton | LPG | Dubai |
| Henry Corke | LPG | London |
| Will Reeve | LPG | London |
| Debby Ann | LPG Products | Singapore |
Insight: The LPG and Products teams together consist of 10 employees across multiple locations. The LPG team has 4 employees (2 in London, 1 each in Singapore and Dubai), while the Products team has 6 employees distributed across different locations.
Conclusion
Key Patterns Identified
- Geographic Concentration: London is the hub (82 employees).
- Sector Distribution: “Tankers” and “Dry Cargo” dominate, suggesting these are core business areas. London hosts a variety, while other locations specialize (e.g., Houston for “Tankers”).