Henrik Theodor Ramm

Market Research & Derivatives Trader at Western Bulk

Oslo, Oslo, Norway

About

M.Sc. Maritime Technology, with +5 years experience connecting commercial stakeholders to data by translating raw data into meaningful and actionable trading indicators utilizing seasonality, mean reversion tactics and fundamental supply/demand analysis. Currently assisting the chartering desk at Western Bulk with fundamental insights and trading both freight and carbon derivatives.

Experience

  • Western Bulk (Oslo, Norway · On-site)
    • Market Research & Derivatives Trader
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      Responsible for Western Bulk's dry bulk market research, mainly focusing on short term market indicators to both physical and derivatives trading teams while also assisting the derivatives team with FFA trading and hedging carbon and bunkers.

    • Portfolio Manager Emissions
      Jun 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Responsible for managing Western Bulk's exposure to the EU ETS by purchasing carbon allowances in relations to shipping being enrolled in the scheme as of January 2024.

  • DS NORDEN (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Senior Commercial Researcher
      Jul 2021 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Leading a small team consisting of 1 full time and and 1 part time employee with focus on identifying, gathering, and structuring internally generated and external market data into relational databases to develop quantitative models which will assist both chartering and operation manageres in making higher probability trading decisions. On top of this also doing ad-hoc analysis of the dry bulk markets.

    • Commercial Researcher
      Aug 2019 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Focus on identifying, gathering, and structuring internally generated and external market data into relational database to develop quantitative models which will assist both chartering and operation manageres in making higher probability trading decisions. On top of this also doing ad-hoc analysis of the dry bulk markets.

    • Shipping Trainee
      Aug 2017 - Jul 2019 · 2 yrs

      Worked as a trainee for 2 years rotating around 4 different departments. Spent 6 months in Norden's fuel efficiency department learning about vessels speed/consumption curves and calculating optimal speed of vessels. Then spent 6 months at the Panamax chartering desk performing voyage calculations and assisting in fixing in vessels to cover own cargoes. Afterwards I spent 6 months in the Panamax operations department, where I operated vessels covering their voyage from start to finish. I spent the last 6 months of my traineeship at the market research desk where I worked with gathering and structuring shipping market related data into relational databases and developing power BI dashboards for Norden's chartering teams.

  • Student Assistant at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Jan 2017 - Jun 2017 · 6 mos

    Student assistant in the course Machinery and maintenance. Responsible for helping students with their weekly assignments and correcting their assignments.

  • Substitute at ManpowerGroup
    Apr 2012 - Feb 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Worked as a substitute in various work places such as, kindergartens, IKEA, Oslo airport, etc.

  • Promotor at Face2face AS
    Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 · 3 mos

    Worked as salesman selling credit cards. Number one salesman of my team several weeks.