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GAC WRAPOPENED:GAC Marine Logistics’s (GML) latest officein Chennai, India, to house its growingteam and support the delivery of marinespares to the growing offshore industryin India. The Chennai team is part of anetwork of GML offices located in Dubai,Singapore, Hong Kong, Piraeus, Rotterdamand Sao Paolo.APPOINTED:GAC Qatar, for the seventh year running,to handle the logistics of the Qatar Motor& Motorcycle Federation events such asMotoGP, Superbikes, F3 Cars, Speedbikes,F1 protoypes and launch of new models..The company handles the planningand execution of all logistics for such events- from freight clearance and transportationto the Losail Circuit in Doha, to on-sitedistribution of flight cases to individual pitboxes, re-building of pallets and outboundforwarding. On some occasions, GAC hasspecially chartered aircraft when scheduledflights from the origin country could notmeet tight deadlines.SIGNED:English star cricketer, Andrew “Freddie”Flintoff, as the latest sportsman to sign asponsorship deal with global logistics andshipping company GAC. Flintoff made hisinternational debut as Captain of England’sUnder-19 team for the 1996/1997 seasontest match tour of Pakistan. He was madeCaptain of the England team in 2006 andhas also served as vice-captain. At the end ofthe 2009 Ashes Series, Flintoff announcedhis retirement from Test cricket, butremains active in One Day Internationaland Twenty20 International matches.BRANCHED OUT:Staff from GAC Shanghai, who joinedpupils of the GAC Hope School for a dayof care for trees to mark Chinese ArborDay. The children represent new shootsas part of the ‘Green Bamboo’ initiativeunder which GAC sponsors to help ensurea sound education for the children of ruralfamilies who have had to move to thecity. The third-graders and seven of theirGAC friends gathered in an industrial areaoutside Shanghai to tend to and water threefully-grown trees that they have adopted.HOUSED:GAC Kuwait at its newest branch, atthe Kuwait International Airport cargoterminal. This has further improved GACKuwait’s air freight services by providingcustomers with significant time savingsfrom notification to clients, to issuanceof delivery orders, through to customsclearance. GAC Kuwait is an accreditedIATA Agent.RECOGNISED:GAC Transfer Services’ Mooring Master,John Parry, by Maersk Oil for completing500 accident/incident-free liftings at the AlShaheen Field off Qatar.NAMED:GAC Marine Abu Dhabi as “Best Sub-Contractor – Offshore” by the NationalPetroleum Construction Company (NPCC)at their annual HSE and Quality Day, inrecognition of its outstanding safety andquality track record over more than 30years. Since the late 1970s, GAC Marinehas provided NPCC with anchor handlingtugs, tow tugs and cargo barges, as wellas equipment and personnel at offshorelocations in the Arabian Gulf and India.Johan Fulke, Managing Director ofGAC Marine, says: “This award is proof thatour commitment to HSE matters on all frontshas been successful. It is also a reminder forus to not only maintain but to constantlystrive to improve our HSE system.”JULY 2010 | GAC WORLD