Punit Oza has worked in dry bulk shipping since 1993 in leading shipping firms including Ship Owners (Precious Shipping and Torvald Klaveness), Ship Operators (Torvald Klaveness and Astra Shipping), Commodity Traders (Noble Chartering), and Ship Brokers (Aries Ship broking). He is currently the Executive Director of Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) and also sits on the board of Klaveness Asia Pte Ltd as a non-executive director.

He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS), UK, a Senior Adjunct Fellow in Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Academy and a guest lecturer at Singapore Management University.