As part of global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, GAC Fujairah worked in close co-operation with the Middle East Regional Office in Dubai and GAC Singapore to secure the deal.
Under the contract, the GAC team is set to handle around 450 jobs a year, a figure which is likely to grow as the KOTC fleet expands.
This is the third time GAC Fujairah has been appointed by KOTC to provide husbandry services to its vessels. A KOTC senior management representative said that GAC Fujairah’s proven track record of operational excellence was one of the key factors in awarding the contract. “We are pleased to be working with GAC again and we look forward to closer co-operation between the two companies,”he said.
GAC’s Capt Johan Thuresson, general manager – shipping services Fujairah & Dubai, added: “Effective husbandry ensures efficient vessel turnaround, which in turn minimises the time spent in port. GAC Fujairah’s husbandry services have time and again generated tangible time and cost savings for our clients like the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company. Our goal is to ensure our teams deliver such efficiency gains on a continuous basis.”