Danish tanker and fuels group Monjasa has stepped up its investment in the next generation of bunker traders.
The company said there are no obvious recruitment channels for the specialised sector, so it trains its own young professionals.
This year’s class of 13 new trainees is the largest number of candidates accepted into the programme since its launch in 2018, and up from 11 last year.
The Monjasa Oil & Shipping Trainee (MOST) scheme includes locations in Fredericia, Copenhagen, Cyprus, Dubai, Singapore, Shanghai, Panama, Houston, and, for the first time, New York.
Monjasa general manager for North America Roger Dekkers said “We are a young, dynamic company, and the MOST programme is a key asset to Monjasa’s future development.
“Welcoming young talents from around the world and offering them extensive learning across our various offices will allow them to truly understand the meaning of personal business and embrace our corporate values.
“Everyone is excited about welcoming our trainees — and about seeing our New York City office becoming an integral part of the programme too,” he added.
Matt Cooper has joined as a trader in the Big Apple, while Tomas Lozano has been added as a trader in Panama.
Shawn Wong and Jia Hui Gan are new traders in Singapore, and Lynn Deng has been recruited as a marketing executive in Shanghai.
In Dubai, Nikulas Gudmundsson and Dylan Wright are new traders, while Simon Mejer van Vliet and Alexander Treff Lindegaard are taking the same role in Fredericia, Denmark.
The list is completed by Niels Christensen, a trader in Copenhagen, Oliver Erringso, a trader in Limassol and Houston-based trader Alan Jones, together with bunker consultant Evangelos Georgiou in Athens.
Two years of office rotation
MOST is a two-year programme that offers broad knowledge about the shipping industry through enrolment in Danish Shipping Education and hands-on experience in how Monjasa fuels global trade.
Trainees can get experience in the firm’s offices in Dubai, Denmark, Panama and Singapore, China and Vietnam.
Monjasa currently operates a fleet of 30 tankers and barges worldwide and supplied 6.5m tonnes of marine fuels in 2023.
