Gulftainer expands its services in Khorfakkan: UAE-based ports and logistics solutions provider Gulftainer has launched a new scalable integrated logistics facility — named K-Flow — in the Emirates’ Khorfakkan Commercial Terminal, according to a statement. The 50-hectare facility is slated to reduce handoffs, ease dwell time, and cut the total landed cost for shippers.

What’s in store? The facility was developed in partnership with Khorfakkan Customs to offer customized supply chain solutions including warehousing, cold chain handling, distribution services, and container freight stations at the terminal. The terminal will also facilitate container transloading, inventory management, and repacking services.

Khorfakkan — the UAE’s only port located outside the Strait of Hormuz — stands out as Gulftainer’s flagship terminal, along with Sharjah Container Terminal at Port Khalid. The firm extended its 1986 concession agreement in 2023 for another 35 years to manage, operate, and develop the two terminals. Khorfakkan is an essential gateway for services to the Arabian Gulf, the Indian Subcontinent, the Gulf of Oman, and East African markets. The terminal spans some 450k sqm, hosting a 70-hectare facility area and a total capacity of 5 mn TEUs.

Gulftainer’s been making moves: Privately owned port operator Gulftainer launched the UAE’s first bonded inland container depot in Sharjah earlier this month. The facility — strategically located some 20 km from Sharjah Port and 140 km from Khorfakkan Port — will also offer multimodal transport services from inland markets to ports.

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