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Gulftainer is a global port terminal operator with its corporate head office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The company, established in 1976, has business operations throughout the world. In the UAE, Gulftainer operates three container terminals on behalf of the Sharjah Port Authority: Khorfakkan Container Terminal, located on the east coast, handling about four million TEUs annually; Sharjah Container Terminal, based in Port Khalid, which is a major import–export facility for industries located in Sharjah, in the UAE's industrial zones, and in the Northern Emirates, along with container facilities in Hamriyah Port. In addition, Gulftainer owns and operates the Sharjah Inland Container Depot (SICD), a large inland terminal that provides 35 covered warehouses, custom clearance, storage facilities and a container depot. Gulftainer operates two terminals in Iraq: the Iraq Container Terminal and the Iraq Projects Terminal at the Umm Qasr Port along with the Umm Qasr Logistics Centre. Gulftainer added new facilities in Brazil and Lebanon to its portfolio in 2012 and 2013, along with a significant investment in Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO), based in Saudi Arabia. Gulftainer now operates eight terminals in the Middle East.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gulftainer.com/corporate-profile/ )〕 Gulftainer also established Momentum, a third party logistics company focusing on transport, warehousing, container repair, logistics & freight solutions. ==History== Gulftainer was formed in 1976 and was awarded the contract to manage and operate the Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT) by the Sharjah Port Authority. To augment its services, in the same year, Gulftainer purchased Speedtrux and Trucktainer and began its transport division. In 1986, the Sharjah Port Authority awarded Gulftainer a second contract to manage and operate Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT) in Khorfakkan Port, Sharjah. In 1986, Gulftainer opened a container repair division at SCT and KCT to offer additional services to its customers and to keep pace with the growing UAE economy. In 2004, Gulftainer expanded beyond the UAE when the Kuwait Port Authority confirmed Gulftainer as consultant for Shuwaikh Port operations. Later that year, it inaugurated the purpose-built Sharjah Inland Container Deport (SICD) near the Sharjah–Dubai border. The company expanded into South Asia in 2006,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gulftainer.com/about-us/facts-and-figures/ )〕 as it commenced joint ventures with Pak Shaheen for transport and logistics ventures in Pakistan, and into Africa when it formed Gulf-Com, a joint venture with Al Marwan to manage and operate Moroni Port in the Comoros Islands. In 2008, a transport and logistics venture in Turkey began in partnership with Demas International; this also led to the launch of Momentum, a full-service third-party logistics company. Increased business lead to the acquisition of a logistics contract to operate Ruwais Port in Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Sulaimaniyah Airport and Cargo Logistics, in Iraq in 2009. The Iraqi Port Authority awarded Gulftainer the concession to operate and manage container facilities in Umm Qasr Port, the key marine gateway to Iraq. Terminal operations started on Berth 8 in August 2010; and a new container terminal, Iraq Container Terminal, with a capacity of 600,000 TEUs, commenced operations in mid-2012. In Iraq, Gulftainer is also active in transportation and has several investment projects throughout the country. In 2011, Gulftainer initiated a logistics city development in Umm Qasr.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gulftainer.com/terminals/iraq/umm-qasr-logistics-centre/ )〕 Umm Qasr Logistics City has a total area of 750,000 square metres, comprises two dock entry warehouses of 5,400 square metres each and one ground entry warehouse of 1,350 square metres, along with two administration buildings with 46 individual 31.5 square-metre office spaces with on-site customs, IPA and documentation offices.〔 In the same year Gulftainer Company Limited signed a major joint venture agreement with Prominvest, the financial and investment arm of Russian State Corporation, Russian Technologies to develop projects in Russia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tradearabia.com/news/IND_185898.html )〕 The company made its first expansion into South America, by establishing terminal operations in the Port of Recife, Brazil in 2012. On November 13, 2012 Gulftainer was awarded the concession to develop and operate a new container terminal at the Port of Tripoli in Northern Lebanon The concession is to last for 25 years with an investment of over USD 75 million in new equipment and machinery, including four super post panamax gantry cranes, twelve rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and the latest technology in other container handlers and yard management systems. In June 2013, Gulftainer announced its 51% acquisition in Saudi Arabia’s Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO). Gulftainer now operates facilities within three Saudi terminals, located in Jeddah and Jubail ports. This acquisition makes Gulftainer the largest port operator in the Middle East with regard to the number of terminals managed. In June 2014, Gulftainer signed a 35-year concession with the Canaveral Port Authority in Florida, in the United States to operate and further develop its container and multipurpose cargo terminal. The terminal, set to commence operations in the first quarter of 2015, aims to position Port Canaveral as the most economical and convenient ocean gateway for containerized cargo in central Florida. This agreement marks Gulftainer's first venture in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gulftainer.com/press-release/gulftainer-expands-into-usa/ )〕 # All measures are in pixels ImageSize = width:1500 height:900 PlotArea = left:50 right:0 bottom:10 top:10 AlignBars = early DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1976 till:2020 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1976 # there is no automatic collision detection, # so shift texts up or down manually to avoid overlap Define $dx = 25 # shift text to right side of bar PlotData= bar:Leaders color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S at:start shift:($dx, 0) text:Gulftainer founded; Awarded contract to manage and operate Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT); Purchased Speed Trucks and Trucktainer (transport division). from:start till:end shift:($dx, 0) color:blue at:1986 shift:($dx, 0) text:Awarded contract to manage and operate Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT) in Sharjah at:1995 shift:($dx, 0) text:Opened container repair division at SCT and KCT at:2004 shift:($dx, 0) text:Awarded consultancy contract by Kuwait Port Authority; Inauguration of SICD at:2006 shift:($dx, 0) text:Commenced joint ventures with Pak Shaheen; Formed Gulf-Com in a joint venture with Al Marwan; Phase I expansion of Khorfakkan Container Terminal completed at:2008 shift:($dx, 0) text:Commenced joint venture with Demas International; Launched Momentum at:2009 shift:($dx, 0) text:Awarded Logistics contract to operate Ruwais Port (UAE) at:2010 shift:($dx, 0) text:Iraqi terminal operations (Umm Qasr) commence; Signed joint venture agreement with Prominvest at:2011 shift:($dx, 0) text:New logistics city development in Umm Qasr; Phase II expansion of Khorfakkan Container Terminal at:2012 shift:($dx, 0) text:Recife terminal operations begin; Opening of Iraq Container Terminal (ICT); Awarded concession to manage Tripoli in Lebanon at:2013 shift:($dx, 0) text:Awarded contract to manage Northern Container Terminal at:2014 shift:($dx, 0) text:Awarded 35-year concession by Canaveral Port Authority; Umm Qasr Logistics Centre opened The company today manages 40% of all the major container terminal facilities in the Middle East that have the capacity to handle ships of 12,000 TEU or greater in size. Gulftainer's KCT was the first port of call in the Middle East for CMA CGM's Marco Polo – at the time, the world's largest container ship – on its maiden voyage across the Persian Gulf. The "Explorer Class" vessel is the length of four standard football pitches () and 54 metres wide and KCT is one of few ports in the region that is able to accommodate the ''CMA CGM Marco Polos 16,020 TEU capacity. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gulftainer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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