Gulftainer, Sharjah-based terminal and logistics company announced throughputs at their UAE facilities, Khorfakkan Container Terminal and Sharjah Container Terminal, rose 10% to 2,750,285 in 2009.

Commenting on their performance, Gulftainer Group Director and General Manager Peter Richards said, “We always knew that 2009 would not be an easy year and so it proved - but interestingly we were less impacted than many other terminal operators. Our strategy in 2009 was to continue to work even harder at ensuring that our shipping line customers had the best, fastest and most cost-effective performance that we could provide, in a year when they needed us to help them save time and money."

Sharjah-based Gulftainer has been in operation since 1976 and operates two ports in the UAE. Sharjah Container Terminal was the first purpose-built and fully-equipped modern Container Terminal in the Middle East accomodating over 45 percent of the non-oil manufacturing capacity of the UAE and handling containers on behalf of over 30 shipping lines. Khorfakkan Container Terminal is one of the world's leading container transhipment ports with feeder ship connections to Gulf Ports, India, and East Africa.