Shipping Analyst Intern

**Role:** Shipping Analyst Intern, full-time, 12-months max, February 2027 **Location**: Brussels, on-site, with flexible working hours **Deadline for applications**: 29/11/2026, at midnight **Interviews**: week of 7th Decemeber **Preferred start date**: 1st February 2027 ### **Shipping Analyst Intern** Do you have the drive and aptitude to turn ideas into reality? Do you share our passion for the environment and technology to decarbonise our society? Do you love number crunching? Do you know or want to learn how environmental policy and politics can transform markets and have knowledge of, or an interest in, shipping and sustainable fuels? If you do, this may well be the internship for you. We are looking for a shipping analyst intern to join T&E's Trends & Analysis team in Brussels and support our quantitative work on shipping policy in the EU and globally. ### **Key responsibilities** * Supporting T&E's in-house analysis of maritime transport, using and improving our Excel and Python models of ship emissions, fuel demand and the cost of alternative fuels. * Collecting, cleaning and visualising large datasets (for example ship activity and emissions data, fuel and energy prices, port and fleet data) and quality-checking inputs, assumptions and results. * Researching technological and economic aspects of energy efficiency and alternative fuels for ships, such as hydrogen, e-fuels, biofuels, ammonia and wind propulsion. * Analysing the impact of EU and international shipping policy (such as FuelEU Maritime, the EU ETS for shipping and the IMO net-zero framework) from an environmental, economic and societal perspective. * Turning technical analysis into clear charts, briefings and key messages for T&E's advocacy and campaigning work. * Presenting findings internally and, with guidance, to external audiences. * Supporting the organisation with ad hoc research and analysis, and helping on other projects within the team to gain a fuller experience of working in the organisation. ### **Requirements** * Strong foundation in programming (Python is a must) and in data analysis with Excel or Google Sheets. * Strong analytical skills, with the ability to think independently and critically, and to quickly grasp technical issues and assess the reliability of data and sources. * Good communication skills and a good level of English (the working language), with an aptitude for presenting simple messages through data and infographics. * Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively, and to handle ad hoc and reactive tasks within tight deadlines. * Interest in environmental policy and in decarbonising transport. ### **Good to have** * Knowledge of shipping, energy or transport modelling and technologies. * Experience with data visualisation and with managing large datasets. * Experience using generative AI tools to support data analysis and coding. * Other European languages. * Candidates with an engineering, economics, data science or envi