All GAC articles – Page 12

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    GAC names president to head Houston energy arm

    2010-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - GAC Energy and Marine Services (GEMS), a subsidiary of the GAC Shipping (USA), has appointed Carlos Arrieta as its new president to drive the growth of its integrated logistics services for the oil, gas, marine and mining sectors.

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    GAC Brazil establishes shipping agency

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    June 11 - The importance of Brazil in the shipping and oil & gas sector has prompted the GAC Group to establish its latest port agency operation, with its coordination office at Rio de Janeiro.

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    GAC Group to support oil operations following investment boost

    2010-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - GAC has enjoyed a strategic investment from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, that allows the forwarder to acquire new ships to support offshore oil operations in a number of emerging markets.

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    GAC helps Sri Lanka upgrade its rail network

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - GAC Sri Lanka is supporting a year-long refurbishment of a 45 km stretch of rail line between Galle and Matara in Sri Lanka.

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    GAC sponsorship scores as Crystal Palace saved from liquidation

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Dubai-based forwarder GAC's sponsorship of English football club Crystal Palace was secure this week when the club was saved from liquidation at the 11th hour by a fans' takeover which took a full three months to negotiate.

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    Norwegian office for GAC

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    May 14 - GAC has opened its newest logistics office at Oslo International Airport viewing this as an ideal location to continue the expansion of the company's warehousing, logistics and air freight interests in the region.

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    GAC Kuwait opens at Kuwait International Airport

    2010-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - GAC Kuwait has opened for business at the cargo terminal of the Kuwait International Airport and says that an airport location brings GAC closer to where the actual freight arrives.

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    GAC Kuwait opens at Kuwait International Airport

    2010-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - GAC Kuwait has opened for business at the cargo terminal of the Kuwait International Airport and says that an airport location brings GAC closer to where the actual freight arrives.

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    GAC sets up specialist energy arm in Houston

    2010-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - GAC has strengthened its global energy and logistics network with the opening of GAC Energy & Marine Services LLC (GEMS) in the maritime and energy hub of Houston.

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    A life on the ocean wave in Bahrain, thanks to GAC

    2010-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Shipping, logistics and marine services provider, GAC Bahrain has successfully completed supplying the set-up logistics for the second Bahrain Boat Show International (BSSI).

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    GAC Logistics handles giant transformers

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - GAC Logistics' Kuwaiti branch has completed delivery and placement of four 210 tonne transformers at the Jaber Al Ahmed "W" substation.

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    GAC reports steady growth at Cape Town energy event

    2010-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - GAC announced all round growth, both in Africa and globally, at this week's Oil & Gas Africa event in Cape Town.

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    Cricket pro Andrew Flintoff joins the GAC sports sponsorship stable

    2010-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - English star cricketer, Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, has stepped up to the crease to become the latest sports star to sign a sponsorship deal with global logistics and shipping company GAC.

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    GAC corporate academy enters new phase

    2010-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - The GAC Corporate Academy (GCA) has entered the next stage of its evolution with the launch of its new 'E-Learning 2.0' platform - 'by GCA, for GAC'.

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    Boskalis offer too low say some Smit shareholders

    2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - GAC India has signed an agency agreement with Sarjak Container Lines Pvt Ltd., Mumbai, covering its operations in Delhi and northern India.

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    GAC names new MDs in Thailand and Abu Dhabi

    2010-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - The GAC Group has named industry veterans Mark Delaney and Ronnie Knowles as managing directors of its operations in Thailand and Abu Dhabi, respectively.

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    GAC restructures UK operations

    2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

    January 5 - Global shipping, logistics and marine services group GAC has announced the merger of its UK operations.

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    GAC handles racing yacht duo

    2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

    November 20 - On behalf of Team Pindar, one of the world's leading independent sailing teams, GAC has successfully delivered two Volvo yachts to Bahrain, marking the first phase of the Sail Bahrain project. The two Volvo 60s, which weigh in at 30 tonnes,

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    Eagles swoop on extended GAC sponsorship

    2009-09-03T00:00:00Z

    September 3 - Never mind super-sized wind turbines, or five hundred tonne generators, a truly heavy lift is getting promoted to the English Premier League, world football's most glamorous and lucrative football league.

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    GAC opens Logistics and Maritime Service Centre in Rotterdam

    2009-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - GAC Netherlands has opened a Logistics and Maritime Service Centre to increase efficiency, improve customer services and bring its ship spares logistics and freight forwarding operations under one roof at a new 6,500 sq m office and warehouse