Daejin has participated in several maritime consulting projects such as freight and asset price forecast modelling, AIS analytics for fleet and commodities, shipbuilding market analysis, and global ports traffic analysis.
He played a major role to build both (a) 'Freight Rate Forecast (FRF)', data driven freight forecasting models for dry bulk market, and (b) 'Bulkers at Sea' module of Commodities at Sea, global commodity and freight analytics tool based on historical regional fleet and AIS information including position, cargo, ballast/laden ratio, anchored/moored status, speed, employment etc.
Daejin is a regular speaker about shipping and commodities markets at global events and seminars, including SGX iron ore forum in Singapore, Djakarta Mining Club coal conference in Jakarta, and Baltic Exchange Freight Forum in Copenhagen and Singapore, Maritime market seminar in Geneva, Tokyo, and Beijing, and Korean Congress' maritime forum in Seoul.
He was recently invited to lecture at Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Baltic Exchange annual webinar on 'Shipping Market Cycles and Forecasting' with nearly 1,000 registered for the sessions in Europe and Asia in November 2020.
Before joining S&P Global, Daejin spent several years at Hanjin Shipping as a FFA trader and shipping analyst where he gave regular presentations to key trading houses and several energy companies about freight and commodity markets. He was also responsible for freight market risk management by providing timely market information, trading freight derivatives and giving expert guidance on long-term and short-term fleet chartering and acquiring or selling ships.
Since he started his career at dry bulk chartering team in 2008, he has valuable experience in shipping and commodities markets, which provided him with a deeper understanding of what internal and external audiences or clients really need in their daily business.
Daejin studied English Literature both in Seoul (KU) and London (RHUL) and graduated as a Bachelor of Arts from Korea University.