AD Ports Group, Transmar launch new Pakistan service

UAE - AD Ports Group and Transmar International Shipping Company have launched a new container shipping service that will link Karachi, Pakistan’s busiest port, with the major maritime economies of the Middle East and East Africa. The new route will contribute to AD Ports Group’s strategic objectives of increasing regional and global connectivity

The launch of the new route follows AD Ports Group’s acquisition of a 70% shareholding in Egypt-based Transmar and Transcargo International (TCI) in September 2022.

The new route will provide weekly connections for cargo between Karachi Port and AD Ports Group’s flagship Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi, Pakistan and the UAE enjoy a dynamic economic relationship, with bilateral trade in 2021-22 between the two countries valued at approximately $10 billion