Fuel Trader

At Maersk, we’re transforming global supply chains through end-to-end integrated logistics. As a global leader in connecting and simplifying trade, we help businesses move goods seamlessly across ocean, air, landside transportation, and warehousing, all supported by cutting-edge technology and an extensive global network.

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, heard, and able to be themselves. Our team members come from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we value the unique strengths each person contributes. With over 100,000 employees across 130 countries, we work together to shape the future of global trade and logistics.

Maersk Oil Trading is looking for a Fuel Trader to join our New York trading team. In this global role, you will help secure reliable and cost-effective fuel supply for the Maersk fleet while supporting the continued development of our trading activities across the Americas.

You will have the opportunity to contribute across back-to-back bunker trading, physical cargo trading, and self-supply activities, depending on your experience and strengths. Working closely with traders, physical operators, risk, legal, Maersk Ocean, and our broader global Energy Markets organization, you will help manage traditional marine fuels as well as sustainable alternatives including biofuels, methanol, and LNG.

This is an opportunity to join a lean, collaborative team where you can take meaningful ownership, contribute ideas from your previous experience, and continue building your commercial and technical capabilities in an international trading environment.

This is an exciting career opportunity to work in a truly international company that makes global trade happen. You will be interacting daily with passionate colleagues around the world, giving you the opportunity to develop your professional skills in a global environment. Through the training and support we provide and learning on the job, you will have the chance to truly take your career all the way.

• Join a global energy trading organization managing more than 12 million metric tonnes of fuel annually.
• Gain exposure to back-to-back trading, physical cargoes, storage, blending, barging, and self-supply activities.
• Work within a collaborative, open-office environment alongside trading, operations, risk, and legal professionals.
• Build an international network across Maersk’s Energy Markets, Energy Transition, and Ocean organizations.

• Trade physical cargoes, including FOB, DAP, and CIF transactions, across low-sulphur fuels, high-sulphur fuels, biofuels, methanol, and LNG in the Americas.
• Execute back-to-back bunker transactions to support fuel demand across the Maersk fleet.
• Support self-supply activities, including cargo purchasing, storage, blending, quality management, and fuel delivery.
• Develop and expand Maersk’s third-party bunker business and identify new commercial opportunities.
• Negotiate competitive purchase and delivery terms while balancing cost, quality, logistics, and operational risk.
• Build trusted relationships with Maersk Ocean, global trading colleagues, suppliers, owners, charterers, and external market partners.
• Collaborate with operations, risk, legal, and other internal teams to resolve complex challenges and ensure reliable execution.

We recognize that experience comes in many forms. If you don’t meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.

• You bring several years of relevant experience in fuel trading, bunker trading, fuel marketing, cargo trading, or a closely related commercial or operational role.
• You understand the international bunker or marine fuels market,…