Freight Market Intelligence Analyst

Shell; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary progression

Discretionary bonus

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Shell is seeking a Products Freight Analyst to drive data-driven insights for commercial decisions in the Global Products Freight desk. You will build analytical tools, partner with traders, BD, finance, and wider stakeholders to deliver tradeable insights and improved performance.

The role offers visibility and impact, with opportunities to shape data usage, automation, and forecasting across vessel classes and trading books. Strong technical and commercial acumen is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical capability with proven experience in freight, shipping, commodities, or maritime analytics.
• Advanced Excel (including VBA) required; Python or similar coding proficiency strongly preferred.
• Ability to automate datasets, build structured models, and translate data into meaningful insights.
• Solid understanding of maritime market fundamentals (vessel classes, flows, congestion, asset valuation, etc.).
• Experience with external freight analytics tools (Signal Ocean, Vortexa) beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Market Analytics & Modelling: develop and own advanced analysis of supply/demand, vessel trends, and regional flows.
• Convert data from multiple sources into actionable trade insights and build analytical models with Python/VBA.
• Produce and present weekly freight market analysis, including fixtures, tonnage, bunker trends, and activity.
• Lead MI dashboards, maintain exposure sheets, benchmarking, and vessel/route analytics.
• Collaborate with traders, Business Development, and analytics teams to align on economics and projections.
• P&L analytics: maintain processes for freight P&L reporting and variance analysis.

Skills

Freight analytics

Python

Advanced Excel

Maritime market fundamentals

Tools

Signal Ocean

Vortexa

Job description

Shell is seeking a Products Freight Analyst to drive data-driven insights for commercial decisions in the Global Products Freight desk. You will build analytical tools, partner with traders, BD, finance, and wider stakeholders to deliver tradeable insights and improved performance.

The role offers visibility and impact, with opportunities to shape data usage, automation, and forecasting across vessel classes and trading books. Strong technical and commercial acumen is essential.