Pantrak provides services to private and public sector clients in the manufacturing, logistics and transportation sectors throughout Europe.

Gavin Roser chaired a roundtable discussion at the European Freight Leaders meeting in Hamburg in May on “How to combine green efficiency and economic efficiency.” Participants included representatives of the IRU, Clecat, European Shippers Council, the European Rail Freight Association and the Alliance for European Logistics. The general conclusion was that sustainable logistics is the key which can only be achieved through employing sensible environmental initiatives.

Pantrak is part of the Napier University TRI Consortium operating under the Scottish Government Framework Agreement on maritime transport. Pantrak is responsible for the freight elements of the current Scottish Govt Ferry Review including the Clyde, the Western Isles and the Northern Isles. Pantrak has conducted a wide range of stakeholder interviews.

Gavin Roser was a keynote speaker at the recent TAIEX conference in Ankara in April 2009 on the subject of “Modal Transfer – road to water.” Delegates included high level representatives of Government and the business community.

Gavin Roser Chaired the Coastlink Tallinn conference in June 2009 dealing with the theme “East-West-East Trade.” Hosts for the conference were the Port of Tallinn who provided tremendous support in holding a conference at this time of economic uncertainty. Presentations are available on the Coastlink website and speakers included representatives of the World Bank, Lego, the National Container Company of Russia, high officials from the Estonian Ministry of Transport and the diplomatic community represented by Ambassadors from the UK and Belgium. The conference dinner was sponsored by ISTSI, the International Container Terminal Operator. The next Coastlink conference will be held in Dunkirk on the 24th and 25th of September and will be Chaired by David Cheslin.

Pantrak is a partner in the Northern Maritime University Interreg Project and participated in a meeting in Molde University, Norway, to finalise the content of the pilot programmes for maritime education teaching models run by:

• Transport Research Institute, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
• Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
• Universty of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Sweden
• University of Applied Sciences, Kiel, Germany
• University of Applied Sciences, Lübeck, Germany
• Unversity of Southern Denmark, Department of Maritime Research and Innovation, Denmark
• University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany
• Swedish Environmental Institute, Sweden
• Molde University College, Norway

Pantrak is a member of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) Freight Quality Partnership and has recently been appointed by the Scottish Transport Minister as a Director of Tactran the Tayside Regional Transport Partnership.

Pantrak Transportation Ltd. Registered in Scotland. Company number: SC226626.

Gavin Roser, Pantrak’s Managing Director, is a well known figure in the transport industry across Europe. Passionate about his subject and one of few who really understands the core transport issues affecting Europe, Gavin is co-founder and Deputy Chairman of Coastlink the short sea shipping network.