Strategic Global Trade Solutions LLC

02/01/2021

We are proud to announce that Strategic Global Trade Solutions (SGTS), led by Kirk Hoffman and based in Houston, is now representing Gulf Engineering Services, Ltd., based in Trinidad. Gulf Engineering Services is led by Vishnu and Jodel Gopeesingh and includes Kirk’s former Rowan Companies colleague Melissa Lewis. SGTS will be providing business development support as well as enhancing Gulf Engineering Services’ support to current customers. SGTS will also assist Gulf Engineering Services with operations, supply chain, logistics, and continuous improvement. We could not be happier with this new relationship.

Gulf Engineering Services is a one-stop shop for oil and gas companies operating in Trinidad, Guyana, and Suriname, providing a wide range of products and services for upstream and downstream operations.

09/07/2020

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Working for a global sub-sea construction company as Supply Chain Director, I was called into a meeting one fine Thursday afternoon to discuss some difficulties encountered at the end of a project in Shekou, China. It seemed China Customs had refused to provide a port clearance for the departure of

09/07/2020

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/labor-day-2020-kirk-hoffman/?trackingId=9YVtj8XN02lOBvpsT5h7sA%3D%3D

We are starting a Labor Day weekend during a pandemic, in the middle of a national election, and during a period of racial and social disruption. Other than that, things are pretty normal! The very nature of work is changing.