By John Lee. UAE-based Gulftainer has said that its Umm Qasr Logistics Centre marked a significant milestone, notching up one million TEUs handled over a five-year period since the commencement of operations in 2010. Flemming Dalgaard, CEO, Gulftainer, said: “Gulftainer is currently on a growth path to expand organically as well as through leveraging new […]
6th March sees the anniversary event of The Iraq Club Dubai. This network for senior energy professionals operating in Iraq, has gone from strength to strength since it launched in 2012. The bi-monthly event which regularly attracts over 100 senior representatives from companies such as Leightons, Gulftainer and Schlumberger, expects a higher turn out next […]
Gulftainer, the largest privately owned port operator in the world based in Sharjah, has recently appointed Jay New as its new Commercial Director. Jay will be based in the Sharjah headquarters, overseeing and progressing the company's commercial operations in the region and worldwide. Jay has worked in the ports, shipping and logistics field for over […]
In addition to the Iraq Container Terminal in Umm Qasr port, Basrah Province, the Gulftainer Group is fully engaged in Iraq aiming to provide the port, transport and logistics links so necessary to assist in ef cient redevelopment – all the way from Zakho in the North (on the Turkish border) to Umm Qasr in the […]
Iraq Business News has just received photographs of the two new ship-to-shore cranes arriving at Gulftainer's Iraq Container Terminal at Umm Qasr. They are now located on their rails on the quayside, and will commence operations within days, making these the only berths operating 24/7, allowing secure, safe and speedy handling of Tenaris pipes. Another […]
The director of the Iraqi Ports Company said on Thursday that the company signed its second contract with the Emirati company Gulftainer to establish a dry port north of Umm Qasr port, at a cost of $150 million [180 billion Iraqi dinars], according to a report from AKnews. Khudair Aboud said that the project is […]
Gulftainer, in collaboration with a local Iraqi company, launched a new container-dock project in Basra on Monday, with the aim of increasing capacity at the port by about 58,000 tons per year. The Emirati company will initially invest $24m [29 billion Iraqi dinars] in the project, according to the report from AKnews. Gulftainer's Director, Peter […]
Momentum Logistics, the Sharjah-based third-party logistics (3PL) service provider and subsidiary of international port management company, Gulftainer, has officially opened its new office in Erbil. The new office will allow Momentum to react more efficiently to the daily needs of its clients. Erbil is the management centre of the Northern Iraq's oil industry, and Momentum […]
Sharjah-based port operator Gulftainer has announced that it has opened berth 8 at Umm Qasr port in Iraq, according to a report from MEED. In September, the firm expects to introduce two mobile harbour cranes designed to handle all forms of cargo, that will ensure high efficiency at the berth. In February, the firm won […]
