Overview

This report examines the employment profile for the independent ship broker Braemar(BRAEMAR, 2025). The company is a member and panelist of the Baltic Exchange(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   Stephen Danby       Deep Sea Tankers   London
## 2   Jack Stratton       Deep Sea Tankers   London
## 3 Josh Allen-Back       Deep Sea Tankers   London
## 4     Paul Osgood    Specialised Tankers   London
## 5   Ryan Jurewicz US Flag Barges/Tankers    Texas
## 6       Ben Bates              Dry Cargo   London

Step 2: Location Count

Count the number of unique individuals per location:

## # A tibble: 5 × 2
##   Location Count
##   <chr>    <int>
## 1 London      17
## 2 Athens       1
## 3 Hamburg      1
## 4 Texas        1
## 5 UK           1

Insight: London dominates with 17 employees.

Step 3: Sector Count

Count the number of sectors covered by individuals:

## # A tibble: 20 × 2
##    Sector                   Count
##    <chr>                    <int>
##  1 Deep Sea Tankers             3
##  2 Coal Derivatives             1
##  3 Container FFA                1
##  4 Containers                   1
##  5 Corporate Finance            1
##  6 Dry Cargo                    1
##  7 Dry FFA                      1
##  8 LNG                          1
##  9 LPG & Petrochemicals         1
## 10 Natural Gas                  1
## 11 Newbuilding                  1
## 12 Offshore Energy Services     1
## 13 Oil Derivatives              1
## 14 Projects                     1
## 15 Research and Analytics       1
## 16 S&P                          1
## 17 Specialised Tankers          1
## 18 US Flag Barges/Tankers       1
## 19 Valuations                   1
## 20 Wet FFA                      1

Insight: “Deep Sea Tankers” appears to be the focus for the group.

Step 4: Cross-Tabulate

Create a cross-table to see how sectors distribute across locations:

##                           Location
## Sector                     Athens Hamburg London Texas UK
##   Coal Derivatives              0       0      1     0  0
##   Container FFA                 0       0      0     0  1
##   Containers                    1       0      0     0  0
##   Corporate Finance             0       1      0     0  0
##   Deep Sea Tankers              0       0      3     0  0
##   Dry Cargo                     0       0      1     0  0
##   Dry FFA                       0       0      1     0  0
##   LNG                           0       0      1     0  0
##   LPG & Petrochemicals          0       0      1     0  0
##   Natural Gas                   0       0      1     0  0
##   Newbuilding                   0       0      1     0  0
##   Offshore Energy Services      0       0      1     0  0
##   Oil Derivatives               0       0      1     0  0
##   Projects                      0       0      1     0  0
##   Research and Analytics        0       0      1     0  0
##   S&P                           0       0      1     0  0
##   Specialised Tankers           0       0      1     0  0
##   US Flag Barges/Tankers        0       0      0     1  0
##   Valuations                    0       0      1     0  0
##   Wet FFA                       0       0      1     0  0

Insight:

“LPG” activity is shown in London.

Step 5: Visualizations

Visualize location counts and the sector-location relationship:

Insight from Visuals:

The bar plot highlights the focus in London.
The heatmap shows clusters (e.g., broad mix of sectors in London).

Step 6: Gases (LNG/LPG?)

List people in Gases sectors:

Employees in Gases Sectors by Location
Name	Sector	Location
Ben Johnson	LPG & Petrochemicals	London

Count of Employees in Gases Sector by Location
Location	LPG & Petrochemicals
London	1

Insight: There is a single person tasked with LPG in London.

Conclusion

Key Patterns Identified

Geographic Concentration: London
Sector Distribution: “Tanker” focus

References

Baltic Exchange. (2025). Panellists. Baltic Exchange. https://www.balticexchange.com/en/data-services/panellists.html

BRAEMAR. (2025). Braemar. Braemar. https://braemar.com/