Marasi News, AASTMT deal focus on maritime sector capability

Egypt / Emirates Business

Dr Ismail Abdel Ghafar, President at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) and Marasi News signed a protocol for media collaboration that aims at highlighting the great economic capabilities infatuated by the Arab maritime sector. The agreement also reinforces the strategic role of the Arab Academy as one of the most important educational organizations that provides the maritime sector with trained and qualified cadres in
accordance with the highest scientific and practical standards.
The agreement comes with a slogan “Towards an integrated Arab maritime sector focusing on innovation and excellence”, in order to benefit from the great potentials available in the Arab region, especially its strategic geographical location and the advanced maritime infrastructure that is capable of supporting the economics in the Arab region.
The agreement was signed at the headquarter of the Academy in Alexandria by Dr Ismail Abdel Ghafar, President at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) and Mrs Effat Fawzy Mostafa, the PR & Communication Manager at Tactics Marketing Management and the Managing Editor of Marasi News.
Commenting on this occasion, Dr Ismail Abdel Ghafar, President at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, stated that: “The Arab Maritime Sector has always been in need for a specialized and professional media partner that will transfer to the world the great success and achievements of the Arab countries in the maritime field. This has encouraged us to sign a protocol agreement with Marasi News media platform after the great success that they have achieved with their professional media coverage, as well as the huge presence of their team amongst officials and decision makers in the maritime region.”
On another note, Mohammed Bin Dakhin Al Matroushi, the Editor in Chief in Marasi News commented: “The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport is one of the largest educational institutions in the Arab region. We consider signing this agreement an appreciation from the academy to the efforts of our team in the past four years who enthusiastically served the Arab maritime sector.”
Abdelghani Abu Ghazaleh, the General Manager of Tactics Marketing Management and the Content Advisor in Marasi News clarified, “AASTMT offers unlimited opportunities for students seeking educational services to ensure that they are able to graduate and work in a required fields in the market with high financial income compared to other sectors. On the other hand, the consulting and training services of the Academy are considered a treasure for all commercial companies seeking to develop their human elements to keep up with the rapid development of the maritime sector. We consider that we opened up great opportunities to build a sustainable Arab maritime economy by working on widely marketing the academy’s services.”

The media cooperation protocol contained several articles, including advertising for the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport and its strategic vision, as well as content production and writings about the Academy’s activities and projects, to publish and distribute them through Marasi News and Marasi Yachts Magazines, the website marasinews.com, Marasi News Online TV and the social media. The agreement also aims at enhancing the media presence of the leaders and partners of the academy in the maritime events and conferences in the region, especially in the UAE. In addition to promoting and marketing the educational and consulting services in the Gulf region and Jordan.

From her side, Mrs. Effat Fawzi Mustafa, the PR & Communication Manager at Tactics Marketing Management and the Managing Editor in Marasi News, emphasized the opportunities of this agreement saying: “Signing this agreement is a turning point for Marasi News platform, it’s another achievement besides being awarded as the Best Maritime Media 2016 from Shiptek International Maritime Awards. The academy will also contribute in enhancing the exposure of Marasi News Magazine to reach new segments, in addition to enriching the content with new topics anticipated by the maritime experts working in the academy. We will be exposing all researches and engineering projects that will be developed by students and researchers in the academy.”
Regarding the advanced level of the academy students and their educational competence, she added: “In order to be able to evaluate the level of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, we had to meet the students who study there. I had the opportunity to meet a number of the distinguished and highly qualified students and graduates, who are reflecting the prestigious position of the academy and its vision that aims at empowering maritime cadres that are capable of facing the challenges of the future. I would like to take the opportunity to extend a special tribute to the academic staff for the great job they are doing in qualifying students with scientific, academic and international standards and to assist them in registering patents for their exceptional projects, in addition to helping them in marketing their inventions to the maritime and international industrial companies.”