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GAC & National Maritime College of Ireland launch new training initiative |
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Monday, 15 February 2010 |
 GAC, the global provider of shipping, logistics and marine services, today announced the launch of GAC Training & Service Solutions Limited (GTSS), a new initiative that will provide innovative and cost saving training solutions for the LNG and tanker markets, as well as other commodity and maritime sectors. A joint venture between GAC and the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI),
the partnership will provide expert delivery of a portfolio of training
courses for both seafarers and shore-based shipping personnel.
Courses will be available at the state-of-the-art $100 million training
facility at NMCI in Cork, Ireland, the client's location and through
the latest e-learning provision, or any combination thereof. Course
content has been developed and will be delivered by respected names in
maritime training, including Howard Candelet, the former Vice President
of British Gas LNG Services at BG LNG Services and Nick de Spon, a
former master mariner with over 40 years high level experience of the
oil and gas sectors.
The training will empower and equip employees to provide safe and
secure terminal and jetty operations, reducing the physical,
environmental and financial risk synonymous with modern shipping and
onshore services. GTSS courses offer a broad appeal with course modules
ranging from safety and security to laytime and demurrage for terminal
jetty operators. For those engaged in shipping and commodity
operations, GTSS will provide course modules that include INCO terms,
Bills of Lading, charter party and contract demurrage.
The courses are designed to provide unique "hands-on" training to ship
owners, operators, managers, charterers and trading companies, oil, gas
and chemical companies (on shore and off shore), terminal owners and
operators, industry bodies, trade finance banks, insurance companies
and P&I Clubs, cargo inspection companies and ship brokers.
Christer Sjodoff, Group Vice President, GAC Solutions said: "Education
is key to the success of most companies and we are committed to
providing our customers with first class courses, lecturers, materials
and facilities. GTSS combines GAC's global network, commercial
contacts, knowledge and over fifty years of maritime expertise with the
superb facilities of NMCI - the world's most advanced maritime college."
Sjodoff continued: "Our own internal GAC Corporate Academy has been
operational for some years now and we can clearly see the impact it has
had in improving our services to our customers and in motivating our
people. We expect GTSS to do exactly the same for our customers."
Conor Mowlds, Director, GTSS, commented: "In challenging times,
investment in human capital is crucial, as the opportunity for retuning
and re-aligning skills and operations becomes increasingly pronounced.
Ultimately, the launch of GTSS will empower our clients' personnel to
do their jobs better, supporting the quest for a continuously
improving, safer and more professional maritime industry."
R2S Digital Imagery
A key feature of the GTSS courses is the use of virtual experiences
created through the use of Return to Scene (R2S) digital imagery
captured inside LNG shore tanks, ships' tanks, the cargo manifold, CCR
and other areas. Using highly specialised cameras never before used for
training purposes, R2S technology provides 360 high-resolution images
that are then interlinked to create a virtual walk through environment
for GTSS trainees - providing a previously unseen system for viewing
technical or remote physical assets. R2S allows operations procedures,
risk assessments, lessons learned and even assessment criteria to be
linked and accessed onboard a vessel, platform or refinery.
Source: Gac World
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