Coast Guard awards public service award to GTT North America general manager

The U.S. Coast Guard recently awarded its second-highest public service award to Aziz Bamik, general manager of GTT North America, for his support to the Coast Guard as an advocate for safe, clean and practical transport and use of liquefied natural gas in the maritime industry.

Rear Adm. Paul Thomas, assistant commandant for prevention policy, presented the award in Paris.

“As the liquefied gas industry grows we look to industry leadership to move this growth in the right direction,” Thomas said. “Aziz’ experience and cooperative nature have been pivotal in developing collaborative synergy throughout the liquefied gas community and has promoted a gold standard in design, operations and qualification for some of the most novel marine projects. His actions throughout this time period are more than deserving of one of the Coast Guard’s highest public service award.”

Bamik became the general manager of GTT North America in 2014. He has since campaigned for safe design and implementation of maritime natural gas projects. He has worked directly with many Coast Guard offices and trained Coast Guard personnel on natural gas issues through various webinars, presentations and seminars.

“I humbly accept this award on behalf of the GTT team who has been and remains a long standing partner of the Coast Guard’s efforts to provide a foundation for safe maritime LNG operations,” Bamik said. “With the growing number of LNG export facilities coming on stream and new applications such as LNG as fuel, GTT will continue to work closely with the Coast Guard to adapt the standards and provide technology and training support that are critical to this industry.”