"Abu Dhabi Ports"In its annual report: 2025 is a year of record revenues and profits

Abu Dhabi, 30 March / WAM / Abu Dhabi Ports Group issued its annual report for the year 2025, during which it highlighted a year of record revenues and profits that coincided with its strengthening of its main commercial corridors and the scope of its global operations, the development of its asset portfolio and the improvement of its balance sheet, in addition to its pumping of new investments in port infrastructure, logistical capabilities and maritime connectivity, which consolidates its global expansion that supports profits.

The report highlighted the success achieved by the group’s efforts in utilizing its growing presence in the main trade corridors and the core geographic regions of its operations, such as the United Arab Emirates, Europe, Egypt, Pakistan, and the African continent, ensuring the improvement of the performance of its integrated trade system and enhancing global connectivity despite the challenges during the year, which included regional tensions, tariffs, a decline in the global macroeconomic environment, and continued disruptions in the supply chain.

The group’s ports, economic cities and free zones, and the maritime and shipping sectors were the main engines that contributed to achieving record levels of revenues that reached 20.77 billion dirhams, and a record total net profit of 2.07 billion dirhams, an increase of 20% and 13%, respectively, over the previous year, 2024.

Revenues and profits have grown more than five-fold since 2020, as part of the smart expansion strategy pursued by the group, which is based on pumping heavy investments into the United Arab Emirates to contribute to consolidating the position of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi as a leading global commercial and industrial center.

During the year 2025, the group announced plans to enhance cooperation with the CMA CGM Group with the aim of expanding the CMA Terminals Khalifa Port container terminal in Abu Dhabi, less than a year after the opening of the terminal, in a move that came in quick response to the growing demand.

At the global level, the group acquired stakes in leading container terminal operators in Egypt and Syria, in addition to announcing plans with its Egyptian partners to develop the “Kizad East Port Said” industrial and logistics zone on an area of ​​20 square kilometers overlooking the Mediterranean Sea at the entrance to the Suez Canal.

His Excellency Mohammed Hassan Al Suwaidi, Minister of Investment and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Abu Dhabi Ports Group, said that the new record results achieved by the Group not only reflect the size and flexibility of its diversified business model and the efficiency of its integrated sectors, but also embody the growing confidence placed by dealers, partners and investors in the Abu Dhabi Ports Group as a major driver of sustainable economic development. The operational flexibility enjoyed by the Abu Dhabi Ports Group allows it to easily adapt to the fluctuations of the global trade environment, while continuing to achieve strong and stable profitable results throughout economic cycles.

For his part, Captain Mohammed Juma Al Shamsi, Managing Director and CEO of Abu Dhabi Ports Group, said that the group’s outstanding performance in 2025 was the result of a group of factors, including disciplined implementation, increasing levels of maturity of our asset base, and the growing importance of our trade lane network strategy and our regional strategy for customers and partners around the world. In line with the directives of our wise leadership, we continued in 2025 to strengthen the links between our ports, marine services, and logistics platforms. Our economic zones are part of a comprehensive and harmonious system that allows customers to move goods and capital more efficiently, and enhances the effectiveness of their operations across the main trade corridors.

The group’s success in utilizing its broad global presence to enhance its business with its current major customers, in addition to expanding its customer base across five continents, is one of the most prominent achievements it achieved during the year, as the group’s customer base witnessed growth during the year 2025 by about 20%, while the spending of its 10 largest customers increased by about 40%, which reflects the growing attractiveness of its integrated solutions.

In an achievement that reflects the growing global role played by the group, Khalifa Port rose to 39th place globally on Lloyd’s list of the 100 best ports in the world, after entering the rankings for the first time in 2019 in 95th place.

During the year 2025, the group obtained a new title in the Guinness World Records™ for deploying the largest number of artificial intelligence agents in a single logistics facility, which reached 205 agents. It succeeded in reducing the carbon intensity of its global operations per unit of revenue by 18% compared to 2024, which reflects the continued success of its efforts in the field of enhancing energy efficiency, its low-carbon investments, and the transition to operations that rely on electrical energy, especially in the ports, maritime, and shipping sectors.

Abu Dhabi Ports Group recorded resilient growth driven by the acceleration of the pace of its main operations, continued organic investments in new infrastructure and services, in addition to continuing to implement selective and thoughtful mergers and acquisitions deals.

During the year, the group improved and strengthened its balance sheet, benefiting from the strong performance of its core operations, and launched an asset monetization program that will contribute to achieving returns estimated at approximately 4.6 billion dirhams through the sale of land and warehouses, in addition to the sale of a financial stake in NMDC, a global leader in the engineering, procurement, construction and marine dredging sectors, which will be subject to market conditions, regulatory approvals and implementation considerations.

The group’s efforts during 2025 to enhance the density of its main trade corridors included many achievements, including, but not limited to, the launch of regional container shipping services in West and East Africa. the start-up of multi-purpose port terminals and an inland logistics company in Angola; In addition to the continued expansion of the group’s port operations in Pakistan, where it began dredging work and entered into a partnership with Louis Dreyfus to develop and operate a facility for handling and storing bulk cargo and agricultural commodities in the Port of Karachi.

Overall, 2025 was a year that witnessed the strengthening of the integration of Abu Dhabi Ports Group’s operations and the improvement of its strategic direction. In 2026, the group will continue to focus on deepening its model based on commercial corridors, integrating assets, and maximizing the sustainable value of its operational presence.

The group will also focus on developing, modernizing and starting commercial operations at its port terminals in the United Arab Emirates, in Safaga in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Karachi in Pakistan, and Latakia in Syria.

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