Press Releases

• 2
  Jun
  2025Gulftainer Appoints Farid Belbouab as Group CEO • Gulftainer, the UAE-headquartered global port and logistics solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Farid Belbouab as Group Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1, 2025.
• 22
  May
  2025Global Trade in Transition: Responding to Today’s Shipping Challenges • As global trade continues to evolve, the shipping and logistics industry faces a wave of new challenges from proposed tariffs and cyber threats to climate change and regulatory shifts.Gulftainer, we remain committed to supporting our customers through resilience, innovation, and operational excellence.
• 23
  Apr
  2025Gulftainer Group Announces Outstanding Results in 2024 • Gulftainer Group hits 2mn TEUs and 5.5mn tonnes of non-containerised cargo in 2024
• 26
  Feb
  2025Gulftainer receives IMO Secretary-General to its Iraq Container Terminal • Gulftainer welcomed the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), H.E. Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, to its Iraq Container Terminal (ICT). The visit underscores Gulftainer’s commitment to international maritime standards and operational excellence.
• 19
  Feb
  2025Gulftainer’s Canaveral Cargo Terminal Successfully Passes 10th Consecutive U. S. Coast Guard Annual Inspection • This achievement underscores GTUSA’s unwavering commitment to maintaining the highest safety and security standards in compliance with the MTSA and regulations for handling certain dangerous cargo,with additional security procedures needed to satisfy the ITAR requirements vital for our space industry customers.
• 30
  Jan
  2025Gulftainer and Breakbulk: Paving the Future of Logistics • Breakbulk cargo is an essential component of the global shipping and logistics industry.Understanding its characteristics, shipping processes, benefits, and challenges can help business leaders make informed decisions when managing oversized or irregular shipments.
• 10
  Jan
  2025Gulftainer Expands Operations with New Warehousing Capability in Canaveral Cargo Terminal • Gulftainer has announced the expansion of its cargo handling capabilities at Canaveral Cargo Terminal (CCT), with the recent addition of five new warehouses, offering a total bonded storage capacity of over 56,000sqft
• 13
  Nov
  2024Gulftainer and VertomCory Announced Intent to Form Strategic Shipping Joint Venture • Gulftainer, together with VertomCory, a global port agency company providing worldwide services to the shipping and logistics sector, announced yesterday their intention to form a strategic shipping joint venture in the Middle East and USA.
• 3
  Oct
  2024Gulftainer Strengthens Partnership with South China's Freight Forwarders • Gulftainer, organised a meeting with key traders and freight forwarders in Shenzhen on 22 September 2024 during the China (Shenzhen) International Logistics and Supply Chain Fair (CILF)
• 7
  May
  2024Gulftainer’s 2024 business drive to further boost Khorfakkan’s economic growth • Gulftainer has announced that its Khorfakkan Container Terminal is witnessing volumes growth, increased container-handling capacity and services expansion, reflecting surge in operations and containership calls.