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Top 25 Container shipping companies based in the United Arab Emirates
The directory contains 1,060 container shipping companies across United Arab Emirates, with contact coverage including 55,279 contacts and 14,266 email addresses. Dubai is the single most-represented city among the companies on the list, and the directory was updated in September 2026.
Container shipping companies transport containerized cargo by ocean between ports and may provide related services such as vessel operations, booking, documentation, and cargo coordination. This list covers companies that provide ocean transportation for containerized freight, including carriers and providers that arrange or operate container shipping services. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of September 14, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest container shipping companies based in the United Arab Emirates
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30,350 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 3,322 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With more than 7,500 employees working in 300 strategically located offices in more than 50 countries around the world, GAC delivers world-class shipping, logistics and marine…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,210 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is a global shipping company based in the Middle East.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,091 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Freight Systems has been a leading global logistics provider and a fully integrated freight forwarding company for 37+ years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 683 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ESL is a leading liner shipping company headquartered in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, in the United Arab Emirates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 571 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Globelink West Star Shipping is an international freight forwarder established in 1989 with its headquarters in Dubai.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 534 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in the Emirate of Sharjah - UAE in 1976, Gulftainer is a globally trusted leader in integrated maritime and logistics solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 275 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established to serve the liner industry, GFS is the combination of over 30 years of experience in Container Feeder operations throughout the Middle East, Asia and Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 263 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Emarat Maritime operates a modern fleet of ships, recognized worldwide as the “Dubai Series”.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 258 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1972, Allied Transport is one of the leading land transport company and freight forwarder in the MENA region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 210 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The firm of RAIS HASSAN SAADI was founded in 1910 and ranks among the leading commercial enterprises in Dubai.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Modern Freight Company LLC [MFC].” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MUR offers shipping services covering numerous regular trade routes, with over 900 voyages per annum translating to more than 45 million tonnes of cargo shipped every year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 170 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a global shipping group, providing ocean transportation services to grain houses, energy majors, commodity traders, mining companies, steel mills, utility providers and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 162 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to OBT Shipping Group: OBT Shipping Group is a privately owned and independent company which was founded in 2004 to provide Shipping, Agency and Logistic services in West…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 161 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WeFreight : Your end-to-end logistics solutions provider We are a fast-growing freight forwarder with a global network that is rapidly expanding.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 154 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With its shareholding roots back in 1992, GFS Ship Management has been a leading Ship Manager and Owner Representative in the Gulf.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 147 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ABC Cargo & Courier LLC is a name to reckon with if you want to have your cargoes shipped across the globe, be it by air, sea or by surface mode.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 124 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Clarion Shipping is a global full-service Sea and Air Freight Forwarder, a multi modal Transportation and Logistics Services provider head quartered in Dubai, UAE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NOYTECH Supply Chain Solutions is an international supply chain ecosystem operating globally through a trusted partner network, while maintaining its own subsidiaries in nine…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RAK Logistics is a freight forwarding and transportation company incorporated in 2009 under RAK Logistics Holdings, a Singapore based holding Company and RAK Ceramics, one of the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 108 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At JFS Logistics, we simplify global trade with seamless logistics solutions tailored to your business needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 105 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ATS is a fully integrated, multi-modal logistics and supply chain company, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Dubai, UAE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With a rich legacy of over 21 years, Fleet Line Shipping Services L.L.C (FLS) is an award-winning logistics company headquartered in Dubai.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MRC Shipping & Logistics LLC was incorporated in the year 2003 in U.A.E to cater to the ever increasing demand for freight forwarding and shipping services – air, sea and road…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: container shipping companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names container shipping companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of container shipping companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name container shipping companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Container shipping companies based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 14, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 1,060 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among container shipping companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “container shipping companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names container shipping companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among container shipping companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 14,266 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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Frequently asked
How many container shipping companies are in the directory?
The directory contains 1,060 container shipping companies.
Where are the most container shipping companies located?
Dubai is the single most-represented city among the companies on the list.
How can I find contacts at container shipping companies?
The directory includes 55,279 contacts and 14,266 email addresses for container shipping companies.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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