APM Terminals recognised as ‘world-class training hub’
APM Terminals Bahrain has been recognised as a world-class training hub for its specialised local expertise at Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP) amongst the company’s global network of 76 ports.
The operator of the Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP) has been acknowledged for its highly-skilled talent who are trained to adapt to complex port operations, market developments, and technological innovations, which is crucial to driving further growth for the maritime and logistics industry.
The company’s top Bahraini talent has spearheaded the training of 16 quay-crane operators from APM Terminals Abidjan in a special training initiative that was launched earlier this year.
The company’s Short-term Assignments (STA) initiative is another exemplary example of APM Terminals’ top-notch talent conducting on-site training at other APM Terminals ports, enabling them to understand more about best practices in port operations and contributing towards building the global network.
Moreover, the company’s collaboration with its sister company, Svitzer, to launch the region’s only Harbour Tug simulator is a strategic investment to have this unique infrastructure located in Bahrain, used for a wide variety of ports, ships, and tugs to integrate interactions and scenarios to train and/or assess tug masters and pilots. This has been instrumental in training new hires of tug masters across the region. The simulator is also capable of analysing various weather conditions across different times of day or night, has been used for scenario assessment of Morocco, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines.
Shaikh Ahmed bin Isa Al Khalifa, under-secretary of ports and maritime affairs at the Transportation and Telecommunications Ministry, commented: “This initiative serves yet another testament of APM Terminals Bahrain’s commitment in investing in its human resources. As regulators of the ports and maritime sector, investing and building calibre has always been one of our utmost priorities and one of the key pillars of Bahrain’s Economic Vision.”
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