Review-Fearnleys Independent shipbroker
31 March 2025 - Written by ML
Overview
This report examines the employment profile for the independent ship broker Fearnleys(FEARNLEYS, 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 Adrian Wara Betsi SnP Oslo
## 2 Agnes Koh Support Singapore
## 3 Aili Zong Fearntank Oslo
## 4 Albena Panayotova Fearnbulk Dubai
## 5 Aleksander Giertsen Fearngas Oslo
## 6 Alison Tran Fearnbulk Hong KongStep 2: Location Count
- Count the number of unique individuals per location:
## # A tibble: 12 × 2
## Location Count
## <chr> <int>
## 1 Oslo 59
## 2 Singapore 41
## 3 London 35
## 4 Mumbai 17
## 5 Dubai 11
## 6 Hong Kong 10
## 7 Shanghai 7
## 8 São Paulo 6
## 9 Tokyo 4
## 10 Malaysia 2
## 11 Stockholm 2
## 12 Beijing 1Insight: Oslo dominates with 59 employees followed by Singapore (41) London (35) and others.
Step 3: Sector Count
- Count the number of sectors covered by individuals:
## # A tibble: 9 × 2
## Sector Count
## <chr> <int>
## 1 Fearnbulk 68
## 2 Fearntank 43
## 3 Fearnley LNG 22
## 4 SnP 19
## 5 Fearngas 18
## 6 Support 12
## 7 Fearnresearch 7
## 8 Newbuilding 5
## 9 RoRo 3Insight: “Bulk” appears to be the focus for the group followed by Tank and LNG. Gas (which we assume includes LPG) has 18.
Step 4: Cross-Tabulate
- Create a cross-table to see how sectors distribute across locations:
## Location
## Sector Beijing Dubai Hong Kong London Malaysia Mumbai Oslo São Paulo
## Fearnbulk 0 6 6 4 0 15 14 6
## Fearngas 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 0
## Fearnley LNG 0 0 1 6 2 0 4 0
## Fearnresearch 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
## Fearntank 1 4 1 16 0 1 12 0
## Newbuilding 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
## RoRo 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
## SnP 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 0
## Support 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
## Location
## Sector Shanghai Singapore Stockholm Tokyo
## Fearnbulk 5 11 1 0
## Fearngas 0 5 0 0
## Fearnley LNG 1 7 0 1
## Fearnresearch 0 0 0 0
## Fearntank 0 8 0 0
## Newbuilding 0 0 0 0
## RoRo 0 0 0 0
## SnP 0 6 1 2
## Support 1 4 0 1Insight:
- “Gas” activity is shown as focused on Oslo (11) and Singapore (5). London has 2 employees.
Step 5: Visualizations
- Visualize location counts and the sector-location relationship:
Insight from Visuals:
The bar plot highlights the focus in Oslo, Singapore and London.
The heatmap shows clusters (e.g., broad mix of sectors in Oslo).
Step 6: Gases (LNG/LPG?)
- List people in Gases sectors:
| Name | Sector | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Magnus Beyer Arnesen | Fearngas | London |
| Mark Jewell | Fearngas | London |
| Aleksander Giertsen | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Frode Konow Verlo | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Henrik Konow Verlo | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Håvard Teigland | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Johannes Nikolai Kårevik | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Knut Fredrik Rødsæther | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Mauritz Wahl | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Ole Chr. Refsum | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Peder Østlyngen | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Petter Jacobsen | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Thomas Sand Malm | Fearngas | Oslo |
| Eirik Schøne Ness | Fearngas | Singapore |
| Eva Hsiao | Fearngas | Singapore |
| Jacqueline Ong | Fearngas | Singapore |
| Yao Song | Fearngas | Singapore |
| Yi Ping Peck | Fearngas | Singapore |
| Location | Fearngas |
|---|---|
| Oslo | 11 |
| Singapore | 5 |
| London | 2 |
Insight:Gas activity is focused in Oslo, Singapore and London.
Conclusion
Key Patterns Identified
- Geographic Concentration: Oslo
- Sector Distribution: “Bulk” focus
- LPG focus we presure to be included in Gas and centered out of Oslo.