The efficient management of the Grande Dakar vessel at the Jubail Container Terminal highlights GSCCO’s capability to manage complex logistics with precision and speed
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Gulftainer introduces new container service at Sharjah terminal
The new service is to facilitate smooth connectivity and enable businesses in Somalia and the UAE to gain access to worldwide markets
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Decentralising cargo movement could ease supply chain issues such as port congestion, rising freight costs: expert
Traders, shipping lines, drivers, feeder vessels and government departments all have a part to play to help reduce an already struggling system, the chief commercial officer at Gulftainer said
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Gulftainer unit signs deal to run fourth Saudi port
Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company inks agreement to manage and operate King Fahad Industrial Port in Yanbu
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Two million TEUs have gone through Gulftainer’s Iraq terminals since 2009
The company plans to increase the handling capacity of the Iraq Container Terminal to 650,000 TEUs in 2019
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Port operator Gulftainer appoints new chief operating officer
With nearly 25 years experience in terminal operations, Fred Castonguay joins the UAE firm from Ports America Group
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Video: Badr Jafar: when profit and purpose meet
Badr Jafar and the company he heads, Crescent Enterprises, have a wide array of business interests ranging from American ports to venture capital, sensor enabled clothing for blue collar workers and history-inspired coffee houses.
5G
Opinion: why more local firms are looking to go global
The conditions are ripe for a new generation of regional companies to compete on a global scale, says Jeremy Lawrence
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Crescent Enterprises CEO Badr Jafar on how a ‘social compass’ guides the operations of a vast and diverse business empire that stretches across the globe
Crescent Enterprises CEO Badr Jafar: “For too long, we’ve assumed that there is a trade-off between profit and purpose. I totally disagree with that”
Delaware
Gulftainer US port deal to create thousands of jobs, says Delaware official
Gulftainer’s deal to develop and operate the port of Wilmington is the largest investment ever made by a private UAE company in the United States
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Plenty of ‘exciting’ opportunities in US ports, infrastructure, says Badr Jafar
Sharjah-based Gulftainer has signed a 50-year, $600m concession to develop and operate the port of Wilmington in the US state of Delaware
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Sharjah port operator Gulftainer inks 50-year, $600m concession for US port
With the deal, the port becomes the largest ever operation by a UAE company in the United States
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Sharjah port operator Gulftainer invests in new link road
Gulftainer invests in a new 2km highway to link the Saja’a Industrial Investment Park in Sharjah to the three major seaports in the emirate
Delaware
UAE’s Gulftainer gets green light to run US port
US Federal Government completes review of the agreement that grants Gulftainer subsidiary the rights to operate and develop the Port of Wilmington
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UAE’s Gulftainer wins 50-year concession to operate US port
Company says it is planning to invest $580m in the Port of Wilmington over next nine years