Posted: June 16, 2011
Innovative Training for Testing Times
Christer Sjödoff, Group Vice President GAC Solutions and Director GAC Training & Service Solutions (GTSS), explores how training providers are adapting their philosophies and methods to face the needs of the modern maritime industry.
The maritime industry has always been the backbone of world trade but now its businesses face a multitude of pressures from within its operating environment. Amid continued economic uncertainty, shrinking margins, rising bunker prices, increasingly stringent environmental regulations and ongoing operational challenges, it is perhaps understandable that some might regard training as just another cost.
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Posted: May 20, 2011
Joanne Kelleher
Marketing Executive of GAC Training and Service Solutions (GTSS), Joanne Kelleher conducted a feature interview recently with the publication Tanker Operator. The Tanker Operator magazine is the only international publication dedicated to the tanker industry.
Featured in the article is GTSS’s week long Ship-to-Ship (STS) simulator course. The course covers a multitude of topics including safe manoeuvring using the ship’s engines and helm, the impact of natural forces, such as wind, current and interaction, the importance of approach planning, efficient management of bridge procedures and effective and safe bridge team management. read more…
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Posted: February 10, 2011
There is a feature on GAC Training & Service Solutions (GTSS) lecturer, Jeffery Blum in The Journal of Commerce.
The Journal of Commerce provides authoritative editorial content to manage day-to-day international logistics and shipping needs.
Here is a copy of the article in full:
Knowledge is Power
One could be excused for thinking the start of 2011 provides an opportunity to sit back and reflect upon another exhaustive and challenging year for those working in the shipping industry. read more…
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Posted: February 6, 2011
Jeffrey Blum
GAC Training & Service Solutions (GTSS) lecturer, Jeffery Blum was recently featured in the International Bulk Journal. The International Bulk Journal has been the magazine for the maritime dry bulk industry for 30 years Mr. Blum has unrivalled experience in freight forwarding, logistics, chartering, trading, ship operating, shipbroking, marine insurance, commercial claims, litigation and arbitration. read more…
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Posted: February 2, 2011
Christer Sjodoff Group Vice President of GAC Solutions
Christer Sjodoff, who is the Group Vice President of GAC Solutions, did an interview with Marine BizTV recently. Marine BizTV is a free to air global maritime channel. In the interview Mr Sjodoff talks about the partnership between GTSS and the NMCI. Christer believes that this venture helps both parties deliver world class courses by combining NMCI’s lecturers with GAC’s long established knowledge of the maritime sector. read more…
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