Since 2001
About Brainmar
Welcome to Brainmar
Brainmar specializes in Military Logistic Services, Contracting and Consultancy by land, sea and air – with a strong focus on the maritime requirements of the Warships operating under the UNIFIL-MTF (United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon – Maritime Task Force).
Brainmar had the opportunity recently to enter ventures related to Oil & Gas Projects in the Lebanese offshore Blocks 4 & 9 – in relation with the Total Gas Exploration Project.
Brainmar is currently preparing its logistic platform to service the potential hydrocarbon industry in Lebanon.
Brainmar is considered Lebanon’s largest Luxury Yachts service provider since 2002.
01
Our Philosophy
These are humbled words, yet they are straightforwardly put into our daily business practice.
These golden words represent our unchangeable business ethics to which we will always be committed.
02
Our Commitment
Proactive
We are always tolerant and well informed; we act quickly and confidently.
Forthcoming
We communicate with our team in advance; we synchronize the task through our skills and given tools; and we later deliver the needs effectively onetime.
Knowledgeable
We have the experience, the knowledge and the potential to excel outside-the-box! We strictly follow the guidelines with diligence and responsibly.
03
Our Target
Exceed Client Expectations
It means to meet the daily routinely and critical needs of our clients by providing always new value of professionalism in any given task. It means meeting those daily changing needs at all given circumstances.
Exceeding always expectations is our future vision!
04
Our Philosophy
I was born in Lebanon in a village which stretched Politicians, Diplomats, Humanitarians, Physicians, Engineers, Intellectuals and much others – and most of them were well known in our community and even in International Lobbies. My parents maintained we live with dignity, respect and wellbeing. They taught me and my two other brothers to say always the truth and nothing but the truth!
Back in the 1960s the socio-political circumstances were promising – as Lebanon was still living the Golden Ages; and was named that time “The Swiss of the Orient”. Unfortunately, in the 1970s Lebanon lived a Civil War that changed the demographics and social structure of the Lebanese community.
01
Our Philosophy
In my adult age, my dreams were at a stride; determination was to achieve higher degrees of education and be a proactive person in my society too. Yet fortunately, I had to travel with my elder brother to Canada; and there I achieved my Master Mariner degree at “L’Institut Maritime du Québec (IMQ)” – and was placed on the Distinguished List several times.
My dreams at pace! As a fresh graduate my venture started on Commercial Vessels; I had the opportunity to visit several countries at different coasts of the trading sea routes. With much growing experiences, I surpassed my Marine Expertise at one of the biggest and luxurious Yacht in the World – M/Y Lady Moura.
From success to success in the Yacht Industry; I always wished to excel in my Country – a market which had promising prospects in the Maritime field.
05
The Dream
Inauguration of Brainmar
In 2001, I established my own company in Lebanon specialized in Yacht Services. We offered door-to-door facilities to Luxurious Yachts of all sizes. Our products and services were extended to the Gulf Markets – at which we offered Marine Services and Repairs, Charterparty Contracts, Classification Society Registrations, Insurance & Brokerage, Dry-docking, Shipchandling Services, Consultancy, and much more.
Un Resolution 1701
In 12 July 2006, our office was appointed to support the UN humanitarian aids at several logistics hubs. We provided evacuation support at several ports and marinas, airport and even it was extended via the Lebanese land borders via Syria. Our office also provided evacuation services for Embassies and expatriates living in Lebanon.
With the resolution 1701 several foreign contingents joined the UNIFIL in Lebanon to provide Humanitarian Aids especially in Naqoura – South of Lebanon. These contingents also joined the Maritime Task Force (German, Brazilian, Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Greek, Italian, Turk, Spanish and French Contingents) to control Marine Traffic and prevent the importation of weapons to Lebanon.
The Dream
From that time BRAINMAR realized the pace of work that is required from the UN, the UNIFIL-MTF, the NATO, the foreign contingents, the Lebanese Armed Forces, the socio-political parties, the diplomatic missions, the European Commission prospects and other Foreign Relation Parties that were involved in the Lebanese Socio-Political well-being.
It was according to this domestic and international platform that our Logistics & Supply Chain Portfolio was developed.
It is at that core of extensive military platform that BRAINMAR has ventured to bridging the gap within the “foreign decisions” to be executed at “the complexed domestic groundwork”.
The Business Evolution
Truthfulness, Determination & Excel
In order to stay ahead of the rapid changes in the Lebanese Maritime Front; small-businesses like BRAINMAR had to evolve. An opportunity at the horizon existed, we knew the market, we had the associates, we had the knowledge and expertise, we had the team and tools; it was time to excel!
With a clear vision we were preparing the logistic platform in a revolutionary way though the encountered struggles and the piles of red tapes from the bureaucratic system in our community. Our business portfolio was sketched from day one with determination and with a view to achieve at any cost sustainable growth.
We analyzed the market offerings and potential, we assessed the logistic needs, we promoted through our second to none services our business efficiency and effectiveness; and from success to success we started our investments in prospective logistic fields.
Regardless of the competition and challenges, our precision and truthfulness in business allowed us to aim to expand our logistics offering – we crossed the red sea to the Indian Ocean (from Egypt, to Saudi Arabia, to Djibouti, to Oman, to Pakistan, to India, to Sri Lanka, to Indonesia) and with much ahead we stretched our logistic services at Logistics Gates in Cyprus, Turkey, Spain, Germany up until Brazil and USA.
Moreover, we were awarded an International contract for Marine contract from Indonesia to, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and Philippines. Moreover, with growing customer demands for specialized maritime services and equipment we had to establish foreign contacts with manufacturers all over the world – this included business alliances and joint ventures with Maritime Agents, Logistic Bodies, Shipchandlers, suppliers, manufacturers, and much more of partnered business associates.
In the personal defense market, we further had to hold a share. We procured around 80TEUs for Fence Protection at Beirut Port for most of the UN Ships; we imported Armored Cars from STOOF-Germany for the German Contingents in Lebanon – with a view to extend this service portfolio into the Middle East Markets.
Overall, the service logistic chain remains extending. For us at BRAINMAR the future beholds other challenges and requirements to meet. We are keen to accept new experiences. We are structured to communicate any of the clients’ need via our skills and consolidated knowledge – both within and outside the box. We bear always in mind the three principles of work and we will further strengthen our ability to provide unrivalled logistic services.
As a company co-founder and CEO, I am personally determined to promote BRAINMAR as a sustained company in the most ideal business ethical way, while continuing to cherish our corporate philosophy of Truthfulness, Determination and Excel!
Company Overview
BRAINMAR is considered as a leading Military Logistics & Supply Chain Company with over 20 years of experiences in Lebanon and other international Logistic Gates in the World – and beyond. We deliver world class logistics services and solutions in partnership with our clients.
BRAINMAR is an indigenous maritime services company formed under the Laws of the Lebanese Government but with a “Class-A Client-Focus Business Agenda”. We specialize in Military Logistics Services and Contracts via all plausible logistics gates (that is by land, sea and air) with a strong focus on the maritime requirements of the Warships operating under the UNIFIL-MTF (United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon - Maritime Task Force).
We had the opportunity recently to enter ventures related to Oil & Gas Projects in Lebanon, where we serviced Janus II- COMEX during its environmental survey in the Lebanese Offshore blocks – in relation to the TOTAL Gas Exploration Project. Currently, we are further involved in the potential hydrocarbon industry and we were appointed as Ship Agent for the Drill Ship - Tungsten Explorer.
Operating in diverse markets, BRAINMAR provides unparalleled logistics expertise for its clients in serveral areas of the industry.
UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF) deployed since October 2006, supports the Lebanese Navy in monitoring its territorial waters, securing the Lebanese coastline and preventing the unauthorized entry of arms or related material by sea into Lebanon (United Nations Security Council resolution 1701 dated 2006)”. A total of 15 countries have contributed to the MTF: Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. UNIFIL-MTF currently comprises naval units from Bangladesh (2 ships), Brazil (1 ship – Flag Ship), Germany (1 ship), Greece (1 ship), Indonesia (1 ship) and Turkey (1 ship). Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
Recent Ventures Oil & Gas
brainmar appointed As ship Agent for the Drill Ship TUNGSTEN EXPLORER
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Drilling the first exploration well in Lebanon’s offshore Block 4 is planned to start in December 2019 and Block 9 in December 2020, according to a report by French oil and gas company Total.
In April, Energy Minister Nada Boustani had announced the site in Block 4 where the first drilling would take place in Lebanon’s bid to discover offshore oil and gas resources in its territories.
The site sits just north of Beirut.
“A mobile offshore drilling unit will be mobilized to Block 4 and the exploration well(s) will be drilled vertically in [an] area ... where depths range from 1,450 meters to 1,760 meters,” Total’s report said.
The target gas reservoir’s drilling operations will be supported by a logistics base in Beirut Port.
Block 4 will see the drilling of one exploration well, and possibly a second one. A potential appraisal well will also be drilled, “depending upon the results of the previous exploration wells,” the report said.
Block 9’s target gas reservoir, whose drilling is set to start December 2020, will have one exploration well drilled and potentially one appraisal well.
A consortium of Total, Italian Eni and Russian Novatek will handle the exploration of Lebanon’s potential offshore oil and gas reserves for blocks 4 and 9.
Last month, Cabinet approved the second licensing round for exploration, with the opening of blocks 1, 2, 5, 8 and 10 for tenders.
Blocks 1 and 2 are along Lebanon’s northern border with Syria, which is disputed by the two countries. Blocks 8 and 10 lie along Lebanon’s southern border, which is disputed by Israel. About 856 square kilometers of disputed maritime territory lie in Block 8, the largest disputed area.
Parts of Block 9 also run through what Israel claims is its Exclusive Economic Zone. However, Lebanon says the maritime map it submitted to the United Nations is in line with a set of armistice agreements signed in 1949 following the Arab-Israeli War.
QHSE Policy
Quality, Health, Safety & Environment are BRAINMAR Fundamental Parameters!
Within BRAINMAR TEAM we attempt to attain an outstanding performance; where everyone in our organization clutches safety at all times; yet, within our business journey, Quality & Safety have become our primary motivation!
We thoroughly evaluate our safety performance through internal appraisals to ensure compliance with our QHSE Policy and System, while providing regular training to our Team to ensure they perform safely and eliminate any potential risk(s) from any endeavor.
BRAINMAR has been developing its QHSE Policy to meet the requirements of the international standard to protect every single individual involved in any daily routine operation.
BRAINMAR QHSE Policy was originated in 2018 by top management and communicated to all our employees, business partners and especially 3rd Party Contractors.
BRAINMAR is strongly keen that implementing the standard of safety will send a clear statement that the latter has become our priority.
Our Philosophy
Our Corporate philosophy is THREE GOLDEN WORDS: Truthfulness, Determination & Excel
These are humbled words, yet they are straightforwardly put into our daily business practice. These golden words represent our unchangeable business ethics to which we will always be committed.
Our Commitment
Our Corporate Commitment alternates on three core factors: Proactive, Forthcoming & Knowledgeable
Proactive
We are always tolerant and well informed; we act quickly and confidently.
Forthcoming
We communicate with our team in advance; we synchronize the task through our skills and given tools; and we later deliver the needs effectively onetime.
Knowledgeable
We have the experience, the knowledge and the potential to excel outside-the-box! We strictly follow the guidelines with diligence and responsibly.
Our Target
Our Corporate Target is clear to every member of our Team, Partners & 3rd Party Alliances:
Exceed Client Expectations
It means to meet the daily routinely and critical needs of our clients by providing always new value of professionalism in any given task. It means meeting those daily changing needs at all given circumstances.
Exceeding always expectations is our future vision!
The Dream
Truthfulness, Determination & Excel
I was born in Lebanon in a village which stretched Politicians, Diplomats, Humanitarians, Physicians, Engineers, Intellectuals and much others – and most of them were well known in our community and even in International Lobbies. My parents maintained we live with dignity, respect and wellbeing. They taught me and my two other brothers to say always the truth and nothing but the truth!
Back in the 1960s the socio-political circumstances were promising – as Lebanon was still living the Golden Ages; and was named that time “The Swiss of the Orient”. Unfortunately, in the 1970s Lebanon lived a Civil War that changed the demographics and social structure of the Lebanese community. In my adult age, my dreams were at a stride; determination was to achieve higher degrees of education and be a proactive person in my society too. Yet fortunately, I had to travel with my elder brother to Canada; and there I achieved my Master Mariner degree at “L’Institut Maritime du Québec (IMQ)” – and was placed on the Distinguished List several times.
My dreams at pace! As a fresh graduate my venture started on Commercial Vessels; I had the opportunity to visit several countries at different coasts of the trading sea routes. With much growing experiences, I surpassed my Marine Expertise at one of the biggest and luxurious Yacht in the World – M/Y Lady Moura.
From success to success in the Yacht Industry; I always wished to excel in my Country – a market which had promising prospects in the Maritime field.
INAUGURATION OF BRAINMAR
In 2001, I established my own company in Lebanon specialized in Yacht Services. We offered door-to-door facilities to Luxurious Yachts of all sizes. Our products and services were extended to the Gulf Markets – at which we offered Marine Services and Repairs, Charterparty Contracts, Classification Society Registrations, Insurance & Brokerage, Dry-docking, Shipchandling Services, Consultancy, and much more.
UN RESOLUTION 1701
In 12 July 2006, our office was appointed to support the UN humanitarian aids at several logistics hubs. We provided evacuation support at several ports and marinas, airport and even it was extended via the Lebanese land borders via Syria. Our office also provided evacuation services for Embassies and expatriates living in Lebanon.
With the resolution 1701 several foreign contingents joined the UNIFIL in Lebanon to provide Humanitarian Aids especially in Naqoura – South of Lebanon. These contingents also joined the Maritime Task Force (German, Brazilian, Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Greek, Italian, Turk, Spanish and French Contingents) to control Marine Traffic and prevent the importation of weapons to Lebanon.
BRAINMAR AT THE CORE OF THE UN-MTF OPERATIONS
From that time BRAINMAR realized the pace of work that is required from the UN, the UNIFIL-MTF, the NATO, the foreign contingents, the Lebanese Armed Forces, the socio-political parties, the diplomatic missions, the European Commission prospects and other Foreign Relation Parties that were involved in the Lebanese Socio-Political well-being.
It was according to this domestic and international platform that our Logistics & Supply Chain Portfolio was developed.
It is at that core of extensive military platform that BRAINMAR has ventured to bridging the gap within the “foreign decisions” to be executed at “the complexed domestic groundwork”.
The Business Evolution
Truthfulness, Determination & Excel
In order to stay ahead of the rapid changes in the Lebanese Maritime Front; small-businesses like BRAINMAR had to evolve. An opportunity at the horizon existed, we knew the market, we had the associates, we had the knowledge and expertise, we had the team and tools; it was time to excel!
With a clear vision we were preparing the logistic platform in a revolutionary way though the encountered struggles and the piles of red tapes from the bureaucratic system in our community. Our business portfolio was sketched from day one with determination and with a view to achieve at any cost sustainable growth.
We analyzed the market offerings and potential, we assessed the logistic needs, we promoted through our second to none services our business efficiency and effectiveness; and from success to success we started our investments in prospective logistic fields.
Regardless of the competition and challenges, our precision and truthfulness in business allowed us to aim to expand our logistics offering – we crossed the red sea to the Indian Ocean (from Egypt, to Saudi Arabia, to Djibouti, to Oman, to Pakistan, to India, to Sri Lanka, to Indonesia) and with much ahead we stretched our logistic services at Logistics Gates in Cyprus, Turkey, Spain, Germany up until Brazil and USA.
Moreover, we were awarded an International contract for Marine contract from Indonesia to, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and Philippines. Moreover, with growing customer demands for specialized maritime services and equipment we had to establish foreign contacts with manufacturers all over the world – this included business alliances and joint ventures with Maritime Agents, Logistic Bodies, Shipchandlers, suppliers, manufacturers, and much more of partnered business associates.
In the personal defense market, we further had to hold a share. We procured around 80TEUs for Fence Protection at Beirut Port for most of the UN Ships; we imported Armored Cars from STOOF-Germany for the German Contingents in Lebanon – with a view to extend this service portfolio into the Middle East Markets.
Overall, the service logistic chain remains extending. For us at BRAINMAR the future beholds other challenges and requirements to meet. We are keen to accept new experiences. We are structured to communicate any of the clients’ need via our skills and consolidated knowledge – both within and outside the box. We bear always in mind the three principles of work and we will further strengthen our ability to provide unrivalled logistic services.
As a company co-founder and CEO, I am personally determined to promote BRAINMAR as a sustained company in the most ideal business ethical way, while continuing to cherish our corporate philosophy of Truthfulness, Determination and Excel!
Company Overview
BRAINMAR is considered as a leading Military Logistics & Supply Chain Company with over 20 years of experiences in Lebanon and other international Logistic Gates in the World – and beyond. We deliver world class logistics services and solutions in partnership with our clients.
BRAINMAR is an indigenous maritime services company formed under the Laws of the Lebanese Government but with a “Class-A Client-Focus Business Agenda”. We specialize in Military Logistics Services and Contracts via all plausible logistics gates (that is by land, sea and air) with a strong focus on the maritime requirements of the Warships operating under the UNIFIL-MTF (United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon - Maritime Task Force).
We had the opportunity recently to enter ventures related to Oil & Gas Projects in Lebanon, where we serviced Janus II- COMEX during its environmental survey in the Lebanese Offshore blocks – in relation to the TOTAL Gas Exploration Project. Currently, we are further involved in the potential hydrocarbon industry and we were appointed as Ship Agent for the Drill Ship - Tungsten Explorer.
Operating in diverse markets, BRAINMAR provides unparalleled logistics expertise for its clients in serveral areas of the industry.
UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF) deployed since October 2006, supports the Lebanese Navy in monitoring its territorial waters, securing the Lebanese coastline and preventing the unauthorized entry of arms or related material by sea into Lebanon (United Nations Security Council resolution 1701 dated 2006)”. A total of 15 countries have contributed to the MTF: Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. UNIFIL-MTF currently comprises naval units from Bangladesh (2 ships), Brazil (1 ship – Flag Ship), Germany (1 ship), Greece (1 ship), Indonesia (1 ship) and Turkey (1 ship). Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
Recent Ventures Oil & Gas
brainmar appointed As ship Agent for the Drill Ship TUNGSTEN EXPLORER
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Drilling the first exploration well in Lebanon’s offshore Block 4 is planned to start in December 2019 and Block 9 in December 2020, according to a report by French oil and gas company Total.
In April, Energy Minister Nada Boustani had announced the site in Block 4 where the first drilling would take place in Lebanon’s bid to discover offshore oil and gas resources in its territories.
The site sits just north of Beirut.
“A mobile offshore drilling unit will be mobilized to Block 4 and the exploration well(s) will be drilled vertically in [an] area ... where depths range from 1,450 meters to 1,760 meters,” Total’s report said.
The target gas reservoir’s drilling operations will be supported by a logistics base in Beirut Port.
Block 4 will see the drilling of one exploration well, and possibly a second one. A potential appraisal well will also be drilled, “depending upon the results of the previous exploration wells,” the report said.
Block 9’s target gas reservoir, whose drilling is set to start December 2020, will have one exploration well drilled and potentially one appraisal well.
A consortium of Total, Italian Eni and Russian Novatek will handle the exploration of Lebanon’s potential offshore oil and gas reserves for blocks 4 and 9.
Last month, Cabinet approved the second licensing round for exploration, with the opening of blocks 1, 2, 5, 8 and 10 for tenders.
Blocks 1 and 2 are along Lebanon’s northern border with Syria, which is disputed by the two countries. Blocks 8 and 10 lie along Lebanon’s southern border, which is disputed by Israel. About 856 square kilometers of disputed maritime territory lie in Block 8, the largest disputed area.
Parts of Block 9 also run through what Israel claims is its Exclusive Economic Zone. However, Lebanon says the maritime map it submitted to the United Nations is in line with a set of armistice agreements signed in 1949 following the Arab-Israeli War.
QHSE Policy
Quality, Health, Safety & Environment are BRAINMAR Fundamental Parameters!
Within BRAINMAR TEAM we attempt to attain an outstanding performance; where everyone in our organization clutches safety at all times; yet, within our business journey, Quality & Safety have become our primary motivation!
We thoroughly evaluate our safety performance through internal appraisals to ensure compliance with our QHSE Policy and System, while providing regular training to our Team to ensure they perform safely and eliminate any potential risk(s) from any endeavor.
BRAINMAR has been developing its QHSE Policy to meet the requirements of the international standard to protect every single individual involved in any daily routine operation.
BRAINMAR QHSE Policy was originated in 2018 by top management and communicated to all our employees, business partners and especially 3rd Party Contractors.
BRAINMAR is strongly keen that implementing the standard of safety will send a clear statement that the latter has become our priority.