Georgian sailors to improve skills at one of the leading global companies
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The students of Batumi State Maritime Academy will receive experience and improve their skills at the ships of Hyundai Glovis as the academy and Hyundai Glovis signed a memorandum of understanding today.
Georgian Minister of Economy Giorgi Gakharia said Hyundai Glovis is one of the largest transport companies that operates in our region.
The President of Hyundai Glovis is paying a visit to Georgia for the first time. Photo by Ministry of Economy’s press office
Our maritime academy is one of the best in the region… The students of maritime academy will have studies and practice with Hyundai Glovis and its business environment”, Minister Gakharia said.
Gakharia said the professional Georgian sailors who are serving at the leading global companies are not only "huge contribution to Georgian economy but also to development of educational system and employment”.
Georgia an “emerging regional maritime hub” linking East-West
"When foreign investors look at Georgia, they see a stable normative environment with low regulation, low taxation, low red tape and a transparent business environment.”
Georgia is positioning itself as a competent maritime nation and promoting the common values it shares with the international maritime community by hosting the first International Maritime Forum.
Georgia is joining the European Union’s Maritime Security Network (SafeSeaNet), announced Georgia’s Ministry of Economy.
Employing Georgian sailors in the Turkish maritime industry is simplifying thanks to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Georgian and Turkish sides.
From now on, students of Batumi State Maritime Academy, along with theoretical knowledge, will have the opportunity to receive practical experience as well. For the first time in the 90-year history of Georgia’s only maritime university, it has its own training vessel.
Georgian sailors will soon have the opportunity to be employed on German and Croatian ships.
Georgia is improving maritime security, sea-search and rescue operations as well as protection of marine ecology by joining the Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT CDC) system, announces the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia.