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Top 25 Ocean freight forwarding companies based in the United Arab Emirates
RevenueBase identified 1,344 ocean freight forwarding companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 54,045 professional contacts across them, including 14,348 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.
This list covers ocean freight forwarding companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 15, 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 ocean freight forwarding 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 3,322 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,210 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is a global shipping company based in the Middle East.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,091 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 319 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Laying its foundations in 1998, today Elite is a leading supply chain solutions partner that enables its client’s international and domestic logistical requirements by way of air…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Modern Freight Company LLC [MFC].” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 162 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 161 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yacht International Co LLC, established in 2006, is an integrated maritime solutions leader, with a strong heritage spanning more than 25 years in the shipping industry, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “DGL is an integrated logistics and freight forwarding company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, with operational offices in Dubai (Jebel Ali, DAFZA), KEZAD, India, and China.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fairdeal provides a wide range of integrated shipping and marine logistic services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MAG Container Lines (L.L.C)’’ is a member of “MAG Group”, a leading business group established 36 years ago in the United Arab Emirates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lotus Container Shipping Services LLC is your trusted partner for global logistics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 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: ocean freight forwarding 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 ocean freight forwarding companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of ocean freight forwarding companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name ocean freight forwarding 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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Ocean freight forwarding companies based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 15, 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 1,344 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 ocean freight forwarding 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 “ocean freight forwarding 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 ocean freight forwarding 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 ocean freight forwarding 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, 14,348 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 15, 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.
Ocean freight forwarding companies by metro
- Ocean freight forwarding companies in Dubai831
- Ocean freight forwarding companies in Deira54
- Ocean freight forwarding companies in Sharjah34
- Ocean freight forwarding companies in Abu Dhabi33
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its 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 the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names ocean freight forwarding companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many ocean freight forwarding companies are there based in the United Arab Emirates?
RevenueBase identified 1,344 ocean freight forwarding companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
DP World, headquartered in Jebel Ali, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most ocean freight forwarding companies?
Dubai leads with 831 headquartered companies, followed by Deira (54) and Sharjah (34).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 14,348 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,344 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 15, 2026.
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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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