Gavin Roser, Managing Director of Pantrak Transportation Ltd was a guest lecturer at Jacobs University Bremen in April 2011. The lecture "Ship Knowledge" was conducted as one of the module features of NMU Ship Technology Module. The presentation is available on the Downloads page.

• Ship Knowledge video part 1
• Ship Knowledge video part 2
• Ship Knowledge video part 3
• Ship Knowledge video part 4
• Ship Knowledge video part 5

Gavin also took part in this interview which was conducted as one of the module features of NMU Ship Technology Module, one of the modules which is developed within the project.

• Ship technology and its future trends video part 1
• Ship technology and its future trends video part 2

For further information about the NMU project and its activities, please visit: www.nm-uni.eu

The Scottish Ferries Review - Pantrak/TRi report on freight is now available for download. This report covers the Clyde, Western Isles and Northern Isles.

Gavin Roser has just been appointed Secretary General of the European Freight & Logistics leaders Forum based in Brussels. Audrey Macnab will assume the responsibility for the Secretariat during the coming months. www.freightandlogistics.eu

Photograph taken at Multi Modal in Birmingham in April 2010.
With Gavin Roser is David Cheslin Chairman of Coastlink.
Gavin is Deputy Chairman.

NMU video interview with Gavin Roser

As a leading Transport Consultant and well-known Project Manager, Gavin Roser has been interviewed on various topics relating to the Northern Maritime Univeristy including: the challenge of education for the maritime sector in a competitive European Union; the importance of culture for maritime education; the use of e-learning in maritime education; the profile and skills that a chief executive in the maritime sector of the future should need; and how the outcomes of the Northern Maritime University may benefit the maritime sector. He is interviewed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Granow.

• Part 1: "In the Northern Maritime Univeristy consortium, you represent the stakeholders. May you give me a short background of your experience?"
• Part 2: "What do you think is the challenge of education for the maritime sector in a competitive European Union?"
• Part 3: "The NMU is a consortium of five different European countries. What is the importance of culture of maritime education?"
• Part 4: "What maybe the impact of these cultural aspects for the use of e-learning in maritime education?"
• Part 5: "If you look to the future - what shall be the profile of the chief executive in 2020? What skills do they need?"
• Part 6: "How may the outcome of the Northern Maritime University benefit the maritime sector to develop these kind of skills?"
• Part 7: "How can we stimulate the maritime sector to actively use the outcome?"
• Part 8: "What do you think is the relation between education at the university and part time continuing education parallel to the job?"

Gavin chaired a roundtable discussion at the Freight Leaders Meeting in Vienna in May 2010 entitled "A Business update from key industries in the light of the economic climate". Key participants included Daimler, Alcoa, Borealis, Proctor & Gamble and Stora Enso and transport suppliers Ge-eX Logistics, LKW Walter International, SNCB Holding, AAE Holding and TIM Consult. F&L produced a press release.

Gavin Roser has been invited to present lectures on maritime topics on cruise ships. To date he has lectured on Fred Olsen's "Black Prince" and the "Saga Ruby". This year he will be talking on the "Balmoral".

Pantrak was part of the Napier University TRI Consortium operating under the Scottish Government Framework Agreement on maritime transport. Pantrak was responsible for the freight elements of the 2009 Scottish Govt Ferry Review including the Clyde, the Western Isles and the Northern Isles. Pantrak conducted 140 stakeholder interviews. The final report was submitted in early 2010.

Pantrak is a partner in the Northern Maritime University Interreg Project and participated in a meeting in Molde University, Norway in May 2009 and Bremen in November 2009, 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

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.

Gavin Roser chaired a roundtable discussion at the European Freight Leaders meeting in Hamburg in May 2009 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.

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.

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.

As part of the stakeholder consultation Pantrak interviewed the following organisations: UK P&I Club, Clarksons Research, The International Bunker Industry Association, The Chamber of Shipping, Nautical Institute, International Maritime Organisation, London Shipping Law Centre, IMareEST and PD Ports.

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

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

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.