Largest ever Irish maritime training contract signed in Cork

GAC Training & Service Solutions (GTSS), the maritime training arm of global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC and the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI), has been awarded a four-year training contract with Chevron Shipping Company. It is the largest maritime training contract ever to be awarded in Ireland.

 Back Row L-R Christer Sjodoff (GAC), Julie Sinnamon (Enterprise Ireland), Orla Battersby (Enterprise Ireland), Minister Richard Bruton TD

Front Row L-R Conor Mowlds (GAC NMCI), Terry Luke (Chevron)

Under the new agreement, GTSS will train Chevron Shipping’s junior officer corps with basic skills training and provide engine room workshop skills for its junior engineers, while more than 450 officers from around the world will receive maritime training through GTSS at the National Maritime College of Ireland facility in Cork, Ireland.

 “At the centre of our action plan for jobs is delivering a powerful engine of exporting Irish industry, and as part of that plan we have doubled the number of trade missions since taking office,” remarked Minister Richard Bruton.

“This agreement is testament to the high regard in which GTSS’s services are held by one of the world’s foremost shipping companies, and further strengthens the NMCI’s reputation as a world-class institution.

“We shall work closely with Chevron to deliver first-class training for every one of their cadets who will walk through our doors over the course of the next four years,” remarked Conor Mowlds, Director of GTSS and Head of the NMCI.