FONASBA Announces Winner of the 2021 Young Ship Agent or Broker Award

FONASBA Announces Winner of the 2021 Young Ship Agent or Broker Award

Ana Ruiz Garcı́a de los Rios

FONASBA is very pleased to announce that the winner of its Young Ship Agent or Broker Award for 2021 is Ana Ruiz Garcı́a de los Rios, of Bergé Logistics, who is based in Madrid. (pictured above). Her paper was entitled “The Impact of Technologies in the Maritime Sector from the Ship Agent’s Vision”. Ana is both the first female winner of the Award and the first from Spain. Previous winners were...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/19/fonasba-announces-winner-of-the-2021-young-ship-agent-or-broker-award/

Growing demand prompts second GAC Trinidad office in Chaguaramas

Growing demand prompts second GAC Trinidad office in Chaguaramas

Ravindu Rodrigo, Managing Director, GaC Trinidad & Tobago

One-stop hub for offshore mobilisation

Chaguaramas, Trinidad, 26 July 2021  – GAC Group has opened a second office in Chaguaramas, west of Port of Spain on Trinidad’s north-west peninsula, to act as a one-stop hub to cater for growing demand for offshore mobilisation.

The new base oversees vessels for GAC’s regional projects in Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Suriname, providing...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/26/growing-demand-prompts-second-gac-trinidad-office-in-chaguaramas/

GAC UK supports all-female sailing team in GKSS Match Cup Marstrand

GAC UK supports all-female sailing team in GKSS Match Cup Marstrand

Klara Wester will skipper the all-female team in the GKSS Marstrand Match Cup this month

01 Jul 2021, Marstrand, Sweden

GAC UK is supporting Swedish Olympic sailing hopeful Klara Wester and her all-female crew as they compete in this...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/01/gac-uk-supports-all-female-sailing-team-in-gkss-match-cup-marstrand/

Robust growth puts Inchcape Liner Division in pole position

Robust growth puts Inchcape Liner Division in pole position

Hamish White, nchcape’s global Liner sector head

Inchcape’s global Liner sector head, Hamish White, has overseen some major wins in the last 12 months despite the pandemic, and nails it when he says ‘building trust through transparency’ is a key factor for liner principals in the third-party liner agency and liner husbandry business.

As third-party liner agents Inchcape now services a total of 38 liner principals in 35 countries, while on...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/21/robust-growth-puts-inchcape-liner-division-in-pole-position/

GAC wins ShipTek Best Shipping Agency Award

GAC wins ShipTek Best Shipping Agency Award

l to r: Mr Rajesh Moorjani, Managing Director of GAC Sharjah and GAC Ras Al Khaimah, H.E. Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman & Founder of KBI-UAE and Chairman of The Dubai Council for Marine & Maritime Industries (DCMMI Emirates) and Dr Sohan Roy, Founder Chairman & CEO, Aries Group of Companies and President, International Maritime Club (IMC)

Dubai, 10 June 2021– GAC has been named the best shipping agent in the 14th edition of ShipTek International Awards,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/10/gac-wins-shiptek-best-shipping-agency-award/

GAC Brazil accredited as Authorised Economic Operator

GAC Brazil accredited as Authorised Economic Operator

GAC Brazil’s Quality and Compliance Manager, Marco Jacobsen

GAC Brazil customers can now enjoy a simplified customs clearance process leading to faster clearance and reduced storage and other related costs after the company has been granted Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status by the Brazilian government.

Certification was granted under a programme which recognises and certifies service providers as low risk and reliable strategic...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/31/gac-brazil-accredited-as-authorised-economic-operator/

GAC onboard for Sweden’s first inland shipping shuttle service

GAC onboard for Sweden’s first inland shipping shuttle service

The 110m long Emelie Deymann will operate between Stockholm Norvik port and Västerås from 1 June 2021.

Stockholm, Sweden – 11 MayInland cargo shipping specialist Rederei Deymann has appointed GAC Sweden AB as the port and booking agent for their new shuttle service linking the country’s capital and one of its key logistics hubs. It will be Sweden’s first inland waterway container barge service.
 
Starting from 18 May, the 110m long...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/11/gac-onboard-for-swedens-first-inland-shipping-shuttle-service/

BunkerMetric strengthens bunkering decision tool with wealth of Inchcape port call data

BunkerMetric strengthens bunkering decision tool with wealth of Inchcape port call data

Bunker barge alongside a containership at the Port of Rotterdam. Including port call cost data from Inchcape will support BunkerPlanner users in decision making on where to bunker their vessels taking both bunker prices and port costs into account. / Photo: Inchcape

LONDON, UK / COPENHAGEN, DENMARK / 3 May 2021: Bunker software supplier BunkerMetric integrates its flagship BunkerPlanner application with...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/03/bunkermetric-strengthens-bunkering-decision-tool-with-wealth-of-inchcape-port-call-data/

New GAC office in Shenzhen

New GAC office in Shenzhen

With offices in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, GAC is well placed to tap into opportunities in the Greater Bay Area.

Serves growing shipping and logistics demand in South China

Shenzhen, 10 March 2021 –  GAC has opened a new office in Shenzhen, China as part of its expansion plan. Having its own Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) license and Ship Agency license, GAC (Shenzhen) Ltd (“GAC Shenzhen”) will handle the Group’s shipping and logistics operations in South China.

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/10/new-gac-office-in-shenzhen/