Ship Agency

GAC expands coverage to Bangladesh

GAC has signed a Global Network Agent (GNA) agreement with Dhaka-based Uni-Global, expanding its coverage in the Indian Subcontinent. The alliance, operating as GAC-UniGlobal, will provide a wide range of ship agency services to vessels calling at all Bangladesh ports.

Lars Hardeland, Managing Director of GAC Hub Services, says, “It makes sense for GAC to have a presence in Bangladesh. Partnering with UniGlobal enables us to tap the vast shipping and shipping-related opportunities this maritime...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/gac-expands-coverage-to-bangladesh/

GAC goes to Gibraltar

As part of its ongoing European business development strategy, Dubai-headquartered GAC Group has opened an office in Gibraltar to extend the provision of shipping and logistics support services to its customer base. GAC Gibraltar will offer a full range of ship agency, husbandry and freight services, as well as ship-to-ship transfers and bunkering through GAC Bunker Fuels, to a variety of owners, operators and sectors, including the energy industry.

“Coming hot on the heels of the opening of GAC...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/gac-goes-to-gibraltar/

Egyptian shipping agency targets breakbulk opportunities

Safina, one of Egypt’s leading shipping services providers, has expressed its optimism about prospects for the breakbulk shipping sector, not just in the Middle East but further afield. Speaking ahead of the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Centre (SWEECC), Mohamad El Ahwal, chief executive of Safina, said: “The future for project and breakbulk cargo is very promising in the Middle East and Safina is an integral part of these operations both in the region and wider afield. With...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/egyptian-shipping-agency-targets-breakbulk-opportunities/

GAC handles milestone LNG carrier call in India

GAC has handled the first tanker to berth at the newly constructed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Kamarajar Port, Ennore, near the Indian city of Chennai. The Marshall Islands-flagged LNG carrier, LNG Golar Snow, was carrying the first consignment of 78,037m³ of LNG to enable the commissioning of the terminal.

Agency operations were overseen by Captain Srinivasan Sethumadhavan, General Manager of Shipping Services at GAC’s Chennai Office, who is optimistic about the opportunities that...

https://www.themaritimestandard.com/gac-handles-milestone-lng-carrier-call-in-india/

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