Gulf Navigation Maritime collaborates with The Mission to Seafarers to help sailors
Gulf Navigation Maritime LLC, a part of Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DFM: GULFNAV), the Dubai-based shipping company, has collaborated with The Mission to Seafarers (MtS) to support the cause of sailors. The MtS Group is a voluntary funded organization established in 1865, whose UAE branch owns Flying Angel, a dedicated vessel for the Port of Fujairah. It provides a home away from home for thousand of seafarers who spend a major portion of their lives at sea. The MtS Group has served millions of seafarers at around 260 ports across the world.
As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR), Gulf Navigation Maritime through its branch in the Port of Fujairah, provides technical, operational and crew management for the Flying Angel. The company is committed to extending top-quality maritime services to help the seafaring community which is an integral component of the maritime industry. The worlds first purpose-built seafarers support vessel, the Flying Angel, welcomes over 25,000 seafarers a year onboard. It goes out to the Fujairah Anchorage every day during daylight hours to offer seafarers entertainment, leisure and medical facilities through its functional duty free shop and medical centre, exhaustive free-of-cost library, advocacy and counselling services, and telephone and internet facilities.
Being in the maritime industry, Gulf Navigation Maritime LLC fully understands the challenges of continuously being at sea for long periods. The Flying Angel is a splendid effort to support The Mission to Seafarers advocacy of breaking the long-drawn monotony of sailors. The company has collaborated with the MtS Group in their cause by extending technical, operational and crew management support for its Flying Angel. It is a matter of extreme pride for Gulf Navigation Maritime LLC in assisting seafarers who have been out in the middle of the ocean for an extended duration to relax, rejuvenate and rewind before they embark on another long journey.
Gulf Navigation Maritime LLCs various maritime services include cargo ship handling, project cargo handling, logistics warehousing and inland transportation, and husbandry services in all UAE Ports along with a dedicated dry dock, repairs and ship supplies division. It has also established itself in the field of maritime products distribution and sales and is the exclusive distributor of Marichem- Marigases and Lakhorst Ropes in the Arabian Gulf region with a market capacity of over 30 percent. The companys Head Office is in Jumeirah Lake Towers with various branch offices in other emirates, including offices in the Ports of Fujairah and Khorfakkan.
