Ship Agencies

GAC inaugurates new Dubai South contract logistics facility

A quarter of a century after opening the first distribution centre in the Middle East, GAC Dubai has officially unveiled its new purpose-built contract logistics facility, at Dubai South.

The inauguration ceremony was held under the patronage of His Excellency Khalifa Al Zaffin, Executive Chairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation (DACC) & Dubai South, and attended by GAC Group President Bengt Ekstrand, GAC Group Vice President for the Middle East Fredrik Nyström, GAC Dubai Managing Director...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/12/gac-inaugurates-new-dubai-south-contract-logistics-facility/

FONASBA elects first Arab and North African President

Aziz Mantrach, FONASBA President for 2018 to 2021

As it approaches its 50th year, FONASBA has demonstrated increasing global reach by appointing the first President from an Arabic and North African country. Aziz Mantrach, Partner and General Managing Director of Transports Marocaines S.A. of Casablanca, President of the Moroccan association APRAM and previously the Federation’s Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East, was elected as FONASBA’s 28th President during the 2018 Council...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/31/fonasba-elects-first-arab-and-north-african-president/

GAC wins The Maritime Standard Awards 2018 Transportation & Logistics accolade

Ronald Lichtenecker, Managing Director of GAC Dubai, receives the Transportation & Logistics Award in The Maritime Standard Awards 2018.

Dubai, UAE 18 October 2018 – The GAC Group has won the Transportation & Logistics title in the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent’s premiere shipping and maritime awards event, The Maritime Standard Awards 2018.

The award recognises GAC’s commitment to meeting customers’ needs for efficient and cost-effective support with a range of innovative transportation...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/18/gac-wins-the-maritime-standard-awards-2018-transportation-logistics-accolade/

GAC-owned office now open in Panama

As part of GAC Group’s growth strategy across the Americas region, a GAC-owned office is now operational in Panama, providing a wide range of shipping services to vessels calling at Panamanian ports or transiting the Panama Canal. 

The Panama Canal links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, permitting ships to travel around South America, saving time and money. In 2016, a new set of locks was opened to allow even larger ships to pass through the canal.

Bob Bandos, GAC’s Group Vice President –...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/15/gac-owned-office-now-open-in-panama/

GAC Laser appointed as exclusive onsite freight agent for AAD2018 expo

Paramount’s FLASH helicopter on display at the AAD2018 expo.

Entrusted with expert handling of sensitive cargo for defence gathering

Pretoria, South Africa, 11 October 2018 – GAC Laser Specialised Logistics pulled out all the stops to ensure smooth handling of dangerous goods and other defence-related cargo for the Africa Aerospace & Defence Exhibition (AAD) 2018. It was the fourth consecutive time that the company was entrusted with the sensitive cargoes as the official on-site freight...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/11/gac-laser-appointed-as-exclusive-onsite-freight-agent-for-aad2018-expo/

GAC UK opens new Dundee office in response to increasing offshore and renewables activity

Grangemouth, 28 September 2018 – GAC UK has opened its 19th branch, in the heart of Dundee harbour. Together with its long-established branches in Scotland at Aberdeen, Leith, Shetland, Invergordon, Orkney and Grangemouth, the new office enables GAC UK to better respond to the growing needs of its offshore and renewables client base in Scotland and beyond.

Adrian Henry, GAC UK’s General Manager – Oil, Gas & Renewables, says: “The addition of a quayside facility in the Port of Dundee to our...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/28/gac-uk-opens-new-dundee-office-in-response-to-increasing-offshore-and-renewables-activity/

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