Review-Steem 1960 Independent shipbroker
30 March 2025 - Written by ML
Overview
This report examines the employment profile for the independent ship broker Steem 1960(STEEM, 2025). The company is a member and panellist 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 Location Sector
## 1 Ole Kristian Aarnes Bergen Liquid Chemicals
## 2 Christian Abel Engh Oslo Liquid Chemicals
## 3 Christian Abel Engh Oslo Time Charter
## 4 Morten Andersen Oslo LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases
## 5 Lisa Maria Assmann Oslo Time Charter
## 6 Lisa Maria Assmann Oslo NewbuildingsStep 2: Location Count
- Count the number of unique individuals per location:
## # A tibble: 6 × 2
## Location Count
## <chr> <int>
## 1 Oslo 51
## 2 Singapore 31
## 3 Houston 7
## 4 Bergen 2
## 5 China 1
## 6 <NA> 1Insight: Oslo dominates with 51 employees, followed by Singapore with 31, and Houston with 7.
Step 3: Sector Count
- Count the number of sectors covered by individuals (in some cases the same individual covers more than one sector):
## # A tibble: 14 × 2
## Sector Count
## <chr> <int>
## 1 LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases 31
## 2 Liquid Chemicals 29
## 3 Clean Petroleum Products 28
## 4 Time Charter 16
## 5 Vegetable Oils and Biofuels 13
## 6 Financing 10
## 7 Newbuildings 10
## 8 Projects 10
## 9 Sale & Purchase 10
## 10 Valuations 10
## 11 Research 5
## 12 Claims & Demurrage 2
## 13 Recycling 2
## 14 Commodity Brokerage 1Insight: “LPG” (31 employees), Liquid Chemicals (29), Clean Petroleum Products (28) and others
Step 4: Cross-Tabulate
- Create a cross-table to see how sectors distribute across locations:
## Location
## Sector Bergen China Houston Oslo Singapore
## Claims & Demurrage 0 0 0 0 2
## Clean Petroleum Products 0 0 0 15 13
## Commodity Brokerage 0 0 0 1 0
## Financing 0 1 0 9 0
## Liquid Chemicals 1 0 4 14 9
## LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases 1 0 5 15 10
## Newbuildings 0 1 0 9 0
## Projects 0 1 0 9 0
## Recycling 0 0 0 2 0
## Research 0 0 0 5 0
## Sale & Purchase 0 1 0 9 0
## Time Charter 0 1 0 14 1
## Valuations 0 1 0 9 0
## Vegetable Oils and Biofuels 0 0 0 1 12Insight:
“LPG” activity is concentrated in Oslo (15), Singapore (10) and Houston (5).
Oslo and Singapore have the broadest mix of sectors (e.g. particular focus on “LPG”, “Crude”, “Time Charter”).
Note that for Steem employees in many cases cover more than one sector.
Step 5: Visualizations
- Visualize location counts and the sector-location relationship:
Insight from Visuals:
The bar plot highlights the central focus in Oslo.
The heatmap shows clusters (e.g., broad mix of sectors in Oslo and Singapore). Singapore shows a relatively strong presence Vegetable Oils and Biofuels sector.
Step 6: LPG and Products people
- List people in LPG and Products sectors:
| Name | Sector | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Martin S. Rønningen | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Bergen |
| Hermann Forfang | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Houston |
| Jeremy Sulak | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Houston |
| Jonathon Dues | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Houston |
| Kyle Smith | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Houston |
| Robert Zwiener | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Houston |
| Aksel Qvist | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Arne Hermansen | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Astrid Viken | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Ben Wilson | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Boudewijn Tveitan | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Filip Daviknes Fjellanger | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Jesper Henrik Guldahl Gundersen | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Jørgen Tvedt | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Martin Engelsen Hals | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Mathias Karvel Kyllingstad | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Morten Andersen | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Pia Hattestad | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Terje Røine | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Tom André Misje | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| William Campbell | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Oslo |
| Christian Gleditsch | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Singapore |
| Eileen Lee | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Singapore |
| Eileen Lim | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Singapore |
| Jawahar Coelho | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Singapore |
| Justin Shi Yi | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Singapore |
| Lee Hock Hsu | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Singapore |
| Reginald Yuan | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Singapore |
| Seri Nasuha | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Singapore |
| Siti Nur Puteri Mohammad | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Singapore |
| Vivien Lim | LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gases | Singapore |
Insight: There are 31 employees that are tasked with LPG, Ammonia and Petrochemical Gas sector. And some of the same staff have other sector focus too.
Conclusion
Key Patterns Identified
- Geographic Concentration: Oslo is the hub (51 employees).
- Sector Distribution: “LPG”, “Chemicals” are significant.
- LPG presence - significant weighting