Andy Siow

As an accounting and finance graduate, Andy has since accumulated much experience in the field.

Andy joined MOLCT in 2013.

“I like working in MOLCT because the company allows to continually grow in terms of skills and knowledge, through various roles and work challenges.”

His role as an accounts assistant manager mainly focuses on monitoring the month-end closing. He also oversees the incoming and outgoing cash flow to ensure sufficient funds for weekly business transactions and payment of staff claims.

“I need to ensure all transactions are in taken in within a certain time frame. Any delays will cause other closing process to delay as well. ”

He is instructing and taking care of newly joined employee and is committed to building teamwork.

“I want to acquire leadership skill. My goal is to be an exemplary leader in both the company and my family.”

Mami Uchida

Mami majored in Foreign Studies in Japan and joined MOLCT in 2015 as a new graduate. She was a member of the Group Planning & Management department for 3.5 years and joined Operation department in 2018.

“I decided to start my career in MOLCT because I was fascinated by the international environment where I can work with colleagues from different cultures. I also thought that working abroad would enhance both my work and personal life with better work-life balance, and I could select a variety of work styles according to each stage of my life.”

Operator makes necessary arrangements for safe and smooth operations of vessels in close cooperation with relevant parties. Chemical Tankers load several cargoes at the same time and call at many ports in one voyage, so its operation is very complicated and requires a lot of knowledge and experience.

“As an operator responsible for the vessels navigating between the Middle East and Asia, I endeavor to keep close communication with Chartering members who are responsible for cargo booking, Captain, and local port agents to ensure safe operation and maximize the profitability of voyages. My colleagues in operation team always reach me out to support when I am in difficult situation, and managers and specialists in other departments also teach me on things I am not fully familiar with. Being an operator expands my knowledge about many important things in maritime industry. I need to keep updating/expanding our knowledge all the time to catch up with the fast-changing situation in the world.”

Frederik Sentow

Frederik majored in Supply Chain Management in Australia, he joined MOLNT, Copenhagen (presently known as MOL Chemical Tankers Europe A/S) in 2017 as a Shipping Trainee.

“I applied to MOLNT while living in Australia as I wanted to become a part of the shipping industry. I had heard of Trainee programs which were quite unique to Danish shipping and found MOLNT to offer a very supportive and constructive learning environment.”

As part of the Trainee program he gained practical experience throughout the various Commercial departments. This started with a firm grounding in shipping with the Operations department, Commercial input from the Chartering department, followed by Fleet Management where he gained an overview of the time chartered vessels of the company.

In addition to practical training Frederik attended the Commercial Shipping Program as taught by the Danish Shipowners association, which extensively covered the fundamentals of Maritime Law & Economics.

After completing the two year Trainee program Frederik was offered a position in the Copenhagen Chartering department.

The Chartering department in Copenhagen is responsible for Inter Europe voyages as well as Transatlantic Westbound. They also handle a portfolio of Contracts of Affreightment (COA) which are committed, regular sailings for our contract partners. Balance space is fixed on the “spot market” which covers cargoes that are not regularly on the market and appear on a prompt basis.

“Being in the Chartering department means a great deal of forward planning to satisfy COA commitments. It also means keeping a finger on the pulse of the market to be able to react and be relevant. I am lucky to be in a very supportive environment which continues to develop my knowledge every day.”

Arsyakirin Nordin

Arsyakirin who is better known as Irin started her career in ship management company and joined MOLCT in 2013 after that.

“Working in this company for 9 years has been a truly humbling and wonderful experience. In 2013, when I joined MOLCT, the headquarters had just shifted to Singapore and being able to witness the transition and growth of the company gave a sense of a deep understanding of the development.”

Marine division plays a vital role in the emergency and incident related matter to ship.
Overall, they monitor vessel performance, review the sailing plan, supervise the construction of new-building vessel and cargo operation, as well as audit and supervise ship management.
Irin finds it attractive that she can work with colleagues who have diverse cultures and backgrounds such as seaman or a naval architect and she believes it makes a strong and unique team.

“I feel fortunate to work in this organization of a rewarding and high-performing workplace that employees can grow within and a harmonious and satisfying work environment which practices open communication.”

Yien Chen Liang

Yien Chen joined MOLCT in 2016 as fresh graduate with no maritime background.

“Shipping was a whole new world to me, especially with parcel tanker being a relatively niche section of the industry. I was lucky to have the chance to join as chartering executive with no experience. MOLCT has allowed me to gain strong fundamentals in shipping. The more I learn about the shipping industry, the more fascinating it becomes.”

Stainless steel chemical tankers carry a wide variety of cargoes, quantity ranges from a few hundred metric tons to over 10,000 metric tons.

Our shipments usually involve more than one cargo and the parceling nature of our business requires one to have a vast business network and capability to maximize profit by optimizing voyages, cargo sizes, co-loads, and port rotation.

Currently, as an Assistant Manager, Yien Chen is doing chartering for Transpacific Eastbound department which handles cargoes from Asia to the US. Chartering’s main responsibility is to solicit cargoes for vessels and maintain good relationship with customers. She also did vessel operations as part of her training to learn about voyage optimization and operational expenses.

Yien Chen was handling the Asia/US West Coast trade lane that has a relatively higher ratio of COA (long-term contract)s instead of fixing spot cargoes, which involves a lot of coordination among Singapore, Houston, and Tokyo offices. While Tokyo and Houston offices assist in the day to day communication with Charterers, Singapore office, as Head Quarter of Trans Pacific East Bound route, makes cargo allocation plan and decisions to fulfil these Charterers’ requirement(later/earlier arrival/ cargo readiness/ tank top/ plan shutdown, etc) on several vessels.

Now she oversees the Asia/US Gulf route, which has higher coverage on spot cargoes. It is a dynamic market that requires to follow closely on the market trend, cargo movements and monitor competitors’ vessel movements, and so on. She says it can be challenging sometimes but so far it has been an interesting journey.

“I enjoy working in MOLCT due to the supportive environment. I am thankful to my superior for trusting and granting me the autonomy to make decisions about cargo booking and allocation. This job gives a sense of satisfaction when you see the vessels are filled with cargoes.”

Septa joined MOLCT in late 2016 and thereafter has been in the Terminals&Logistics division.

At that time, the the division has not yet established and MOLCT has just started the initiative to expand its business into the tank terminal and tank container business, growing its business vertically, integrating into the chemical logistic supply chain by providing total logistic solution services to its customers which involves chemical tankers, ISO tank containers and liquid storage services.

 “It is an eye-opening experience, especially when striving to have other counterparts (JV partners) to share same visions and objectives and works towards the goals of the collaboration. The tasks in Terminals&Logistics division are not routine work, the team requires to identify the circumstances of the projects and adapt and acts to the situation accordingly. A lot of background preparation and research are required to support the management in the negotiation with the JV partners”

 In 2016, Terminals&Logistics division only had 3 members. Now it has grown from a team of 3 to 7 members with mainly responsible for developing and managing total logistic solution services and strive in developing the tank terminal business.

 As an Assistant Manager in Terminals&Logistics division, Septa actively involves in the admins and finance related matters of the projects, such as overseeing the project’s financial statement, creating a financial model to assess the project’s investment return, engaging the legal team to reviews agreements related to the projects, drafting any internal approval documentations for project related matters, and coordinating any internal communication within departments.

 “Time flies, it has been 6 years since I joined this company and was involved in this initiative. To be able to see how the project, how the team has been grown and how the project is taking shape is very encouraging.”

Yaseen holds a degree in Business Studies and at his previous company, he was a business consultant for several entities in the maritime industry. He joined MOLCT’s Operations team in 2018 when we were expanding our company’s presence in the Middle East through our office in Dubai. Upon joining MOLCT, he spent some time at our Singapore office during which he received focused mentoring on operational and technical matters from experienced members of the company.

“My previous experience working as a business consultant for companies in the maritime industry made me develop an interest in shipping and I was keen on making a transition to this field. I was fortunate that the Dubai office of MOLCT was also expanding around that time. The guidance which I received from the members of MOLCT’s employee orientation and training committee helped me gain confidence and enabled me to adapt quickly to my role. I still continue to seek guidance from more experienced colleagues, and they are patient enough to make time to answer any queries I may have.”

The main responsibilities of the members of our Operations team include coordinating vessel movements, optimizing stowage plans, overseeing cargo operations, handling bunker planning for voyages, and preparing key performance indicators (KPI) summaries of voyages for both internal benchmarking and for reporting to our customers. Apart from knowledge in these areas, this is a role which mainly relies on good people-skills and effective communication with several parties such as Chartering personnel, Ship Brokers and Charterers on the commercial side, and Vessel Captains, Ship Managers, Vessel Owners, Port Agents and Bunker Providers on the operational and technical side. Since our vessels operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the members of our Operations team continue monitoring emails and check for updates on certain matters or specific vessels even after office hours to ensure quick follow-up and response in time.

“While it’s been a few years since I joined, I continue to learn something new almost every day, especially on the technical side of things. We face new scenarios regularly and no two circumstances are ever the same. I find it very interesting that there are many uncertainties in shipping and that anything may happen at any time. This helps me stay on my toes and motivates me to keep learning and improving my knowledge as much as possible so that we can navigate our way around any potential challenge in the best way possible.”