Review-SSY Independent shipbroker
30 March 2025 - Written by ML
Overview
This report examines the employment profile for the independent ship broker SSY(SSY, 2025). The company is a member 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 Adam Banks Tankers London
## 2 Adam Lanning Research London
## 3 Aditi Sankhyan Dry Cargo (Postfix) Dubai
## 4 Adrianna Keller Dry Cargo Stamford CT
## 5 Ahmed El Masry Dry Cargo Singapore
## 6 Alastair Stevenson Digital Analytics LondonStep 2: Location Count
- Count the number of individuals per location:
## # A tibble: 25 × 2
## Location Count
## <chr> <int>
## 1 London 160
## 2 Singapore 119
## 3 Dubai 38
## 4 Athens 26
## 5 Varna 25
## 6 Shanghai 24
## 7 Oslo 16
## 8 Stamford CT 16
## 9 New York 10
## 10 Madrid 9
## # ℹ 15 more rowsInsight: London dominates with 160 employees, followed by Singapore with 119, Dubai with 38, Athens (26), Varna (25), Shanghai (24) and fewer in Other locations. Hong Kong showing 8 employees.
Step 3: Sector Count
- Count the number of individuals per sector:
## # A tibble: 28 × 2
## Sector Count
## <chr> <int>
## 1 Dry Cargo 145
## 2 Tankers 65
## 3 Sale & Purchase 58
## 4 Derivatives 43
## 5 Dry Cargo (Postfix) 35
## 6 Accounts 28
## 7 Chemicals 18
## 8 Offshore 17
## 9 Tanker Operations 14
## 10 LNG 13
## # ℹ 18 more rowsInsight: “Dry Cargo” (145 employees), Tankers (65). LNG (13). LPG is shown as having 3 people.
Step 4: Cross-Tabulate
- Create a cross-table to see how sectors distribute across locations:
## Location
## Sector Athens Copenhagen Dubai Geneva Genoa Hamburg
## Accounts 0 1 1 0 1 0
## Accounts, Administration 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Accounts, Human Resources 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Administration 1 0 1 0 0 0
## Chemicals 0 0 1 0 0 0
## Communications & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Compliance 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Corporate Finance 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Derivatives 0 0 8 0 0 0
## Digital Analytics 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Dry Cargo 6 4 10 2 4 1
## Dry Cargo (Postfix) 1 0 4 0 0 0
## Human Resources 0 0 0 0 0 0
## IT Department 0 0 0 0 0 0
## LNG 1 0 0 0 0 0
## LPG 0 2 0 0 0 0
## Newbuilding 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Offshore 0 0 4 0 0 5
## Projects 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Research 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Sale & Purchase 17 0 3 0 0 2
## Tanker Operations 0 0 1 0 0 0
## Tanker Operations, Tankers 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Tanker Projects 0 0 1 0 0 0
## Tanker Research 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Tankers 0 1 4 0 0 0
## Towage 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Location
## Sector Hong Kong S.A.R Houston Kristiansand London Madrid
## Accounts 1 0 0 13 0
## Accounts, Administration 0 0 0 1 0
## Accounts, Human Resources 0 0 0 0 0
## Administration 0 0 0 4 0
## Chemicals 0 4 0 0 4
## Communications & Marketing 0 0 0 3 0
## Compliance 0 0 0 3 0
## Corporate Finance 0 0 0 1 0
## Derivatives 0 0 0 22 0
## Digital Analytics 0 0 0 3 0
## Dry Cargo 3 0 0 29 0
## Dry Cargo (Postfix) 0 0 0 4 0
## Human Resources 0 0 0 2 0
## IT Department 0 0 0 8 0
## LNG 0 0 0 6 0
## LPG 0 0 0 0 0
## Newbuilding 0 0 0 0 0
## Offshore 0 0 4 0 0
## Projects 0 0 0 0 0
## Research 0 0 0 11 0
## Sale & Purchase 4 0 1 11 0
## Tanker Operations 0 0 0 2 0
## Tanker Operations, Tankers 0 0 0 2 0
## Tanker Projects 0 0 0 1 0
## Tanker Research 0 0 0 1 0
## Tankers 0 1 0 28 5
## Towage 0 0 0 4 0
## Location
## Sector Mumbai New York Osaka Oslo Rio de Janeiro
## Accounts 1 0 0 0 0
## Accounts, Administration 0 0 0 0 0
## Accounts, Human Resources 0 0 0 0 0
## Administration 0 0 0 0 0
## Chemicals 0 0 0 0 0
## Communications & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0
## Compliance 0 0 0 0 0
## Corporate Finance 0 0 0 1 0
## Derivatives 0 0 0 0 0
## Digital Analytics 0 0 0 0 0
## Dry Cargo 0 0 0 8 0
## Dry Cargo (Postfix) 0 0 0 0 0
## Human Resources 0 0 0 0 0
## IT Department 0 0 0 0 0
## LNG 0 0 0 0 0
## LPG 1 0 0 0 0
## Newbuilding 0 0 0 1 0
## Offshore 0 0 0 4 0
## Projects 0 0 2 0 0
## Research 0 0 0 0 0
## Sale & Purchase 0 1 0 2 0
## Tanker Operations 1 3 0 0 0
## Tanker Operations, Tankers 0 1 0 0 0
## Tanker Projects 0 0 0 0 2
## Tanker Research 0 0 0 0 0
## Tankers 3 5 0 0 0
## Towage 0 0 0 0 0
## Location
## Sector Seoul Korea Shanghai Singapore Stamford CT Sydney
## Accounts 0 0 5 2 1
## Accounts, Administration 0 0 0 0 0
## Accounts, Human Resources 1 0 0 0 0
## Administration 0 1 2 0 0
## Chemicals 0 0 9 0 0
## Communications & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0
## Compliance 0 0 0 0 0
## Corporate Finance 0 2 3 0 0
## Derivatives 0 1 11 1 0
## Digital Analytics 0 0 0 0 0
## Dry Cargo 2 8 37 8 5
## Dry Cargo (Postfix) 0 1 11 1 2
## Human Resources 0 0 1 0 0
## IT Department 0 0 1 0 1
## LNG 0 1 4 1 0
## LPG 0 0 0 0 0
## Newbuilding 0 1 0 0 0
## Offshore 0 0 0 0 0
## Projects 0 0 2 0 0
## Research 0 1 1 0 0
## Sale & Purchase 3 8 6 0 0
## Tanker Operations 0 0 7 0 0
## Tanker Operations, Tankers 0 0 0 0 0
## Tanker Projects 0 0 4 0 0
## Tanker Research 0 0 0 0 0
## Tankers 0 0 15 3 0
## Towage 0 0 0 0 0
## Location
## Sector Tokyo Vancouver Varna Zug
## Accounts 0 0 2 0
## Accounts, Administration 0 0 0 0
## Accounts, Human Resources 0 0 0 0
## Administration 0 0 1 0
## Chemicals 0 0 0 0
## Communications & Marketing 0 0 0 0
## Compliance 0 0 0 0
## Corporate Finance 0 0 0 0
## Derivatives 0 0 0 0
## Digital Analytics 0 0 0 0
## Dry Cargo 1 4 12 1
## Dry Cargo (Postfix) 1 0 10 0
## Human Resources 0 0 0 0
## IT Department 0 0 0 0
## LNG 0 0 0 0
## LPG 0 0 0 0
## Newbuilding 0 0 0 0
## Offshore 0 0 0 0
## Projects 6 0 0 0
## Research 0 0 0 0
## Sale & Purchase 0 0 0 0
## Tanker Operations 0 0 0 0
## Tanker Operations, Tankers 0 0 0 0
## Tanker Projects 0 0 0 0
## Tanker Research 0 0 0 0
## Tankers 0 0 0 0
## Towage 0 0 0 0Insight:
“LPG” is concentrated in Copenhagen (2) and Mumbai (1).
London and Singapore have the broadest mix of sectors (e.g. particular focus on “Dry Cargo”, “Tankers”). Derivatives teams are largely London, Singapore and Dubai based.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emil Ponnert | LPG | Copenhagen |
| Thorstein Bergersen | LPG | Copenhagen |
| Amit Kalhans | LPG | Mumbai |
Insight: The LPG teams together consist of 3 employees.
Conclusion
Key Patterns Identified
- Geographic Concentration: London is the hub (160 employees).
- Sector Distribution: “Dry Cargo”, “Tanker” trading sizable.
- LPG presence - small for size?
References
Baltic Exchange. (2025). Panellists. Baltic Exchange. https://www.balticexchange.com/en/data-services/panellists.html
SSY. (2025). Find a broker. SSY. https://www.ssyglobal.com/contact?p=5