New logistics and support services company launched

May 30, 2012 News

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The Guyana Logistics And Support Services (GLASS) Inc, after nine months of operation in the country, officially hosted its launching ceremony last evening at the Pegasus Hotel.
The company, which is the first of its kind to provide a “one-stop shop” for businesses locally at a reasonable cost also caters for internationally based companies becoming involved in business ventures in Guyana.
In its aim of meeting the needs of both the local and international markets, GLASS presently offers services in the areas of labour, agency and brokerage, heavy-duty and equipment rentals, office and residential rentals, corporate legal services and Information Technology Security.
GLASS also provide services for documentation and licence processing, engineering and procurement, travel and immigration, relocation and domestic support, shipping agency and stevedoring, logistics, transportation, security and accommodation service.
John Alexander Lewis, Managing Director of GLASS, stated that international companies that are conducting businesses in Guyana, obtain logistics support from local providers and they tend to rely on these companies’ experience and knowledge of local business procedures.
However, while many logistic providers are available, they are mostly specialists who focus on their strengths, thus offering one or two of the services that clients require.
This results in the clients needing to visit more than one company to get what they need, which proves to be a hassle.
“After careful research of the target market and realizing the extensive demands of expatriate companies and contractors, the owners of GLASS Inc. took the initiative of setting up, under one roof, a service provider that allows easy access to all of the services that clients require. Our company’s current main target customers have been expatriate companies that work specifically for the Oil and Gas and the Mining Sectors,” said Lewis.
In addition, the company is also focusing on targeting expatriate contractors who are in the country to provide services to these expatriate companies.
Lewis emphasised that GLASS will continue to expand and evolve its services in the near future to both local and expatriate companies including the local manufacturing sector.
“The company has been in operation for nine months and growing exponentially since start-up. We have been privileged to be associated with and provide services to the oil company that just completed drilling offshore Guyana. We were able to provide local manpower to the rig and utilized local service providers to provide certain services,” he noted.
Kaieteur News understands that GLASS Inc is currently in the final phase(s) of signing a representative agreement with MPX Geophysics Limited.
This is an internationally accredited company that offers a complete suite of airborne geophysical survey equipment using either fixed wing or helicopter platforms.
MPX’s geophysical technologies include magnetics, radiometrics, gravity and LiDAR. Their services include data acquisition, managing data quality control in the field, final data processing, report and final map production and data interpretation, if required by the client.
According to Lewis, with the significant investments made by expatriate companies in the gold mining sector the past two years, GLASS Inc, in collaboration with MPX, is poised to be the only “in-country” service provider of geophysical services, which are critical to the start-up of gold mining operations.
The Managing Director added that it is the company’s goal to utilize local service providers and local manpower, as far as possible.
“It is our intention to provide, also, some free basic training in occupational safety and health to persons who may be eligible to work in the oil and gas and/or mining sector, but who may be disqualified because of safety certification. We will also facilitate the training of persons in Guyana, in Trinidad, and other countries with special skills, as required by sector-specific customers. It is our goal and intention to cooperate with the University of Guyana to allow graduates and prospective graduates an opportunity to expand their job prospects by registering with our job bank,” Lewis further noted.
GLASS indicated that it seeks to provide high quality services that combine performance with competitive pricing, while establishing a successful relationship with customers and suppliers; and continuously strive to meet customers’ needs and expectations of price, service and selection.
The company also aims to stay ahead of the competition by innovation, based on the needs of customers and market demand; develop an organisation that will encourage all employees to prosper and grow to their maximum potential; and conduct business with the highest levels of integrity in the interaction with customers and suppliers. (Kristen Macklingam)

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