AD Ports
Abu Dhabi-based, ADX-listed group that operates ports, maritime and logistics businesses and economic cities and free zones, with operations in the UAE and a dozen other countries.
Industry: Ports, logistics and industrial zones | Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Founded: 2006
About AD Ports
AD Ports Group, formerly Abu Dhabi Ports, is a ports, logistics and industrial-zone company headquartered at Zayed Port in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange under the ticker ADPORTS and organises its business into five clusters: Ports, Maritime and Shipping, Logistics, Economic Cities and Free Zones, and Digital.
The company was established as Abu Dhabi Ports PJSC by Emiri Decree in 2006. Khalifa Port was inaugurated on 12 December 2012, and the company listed on the exchange in February 2022. Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi is Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer. H.E. Shadi Malak, chief executive of Etihad Rail, chairs the board, and Martin Aarup is Chief Financial Officer.
Beyond the UAE, the group's website names operations in Egypt, Spain, Pakistan, Georgia, Angola, Jordan, Tanzania and Brazil, among others. Jochen Thewes, formerly of DB Schenker, leads the Logistics cluster. In September 2026 the group and Etihad Rail launched a rail service linking Fujairah Terminals with the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi.
The company has grown largely by acquisition. In 2022 it acquired Noatum and 80 percent of Global Feeder Shipping, and in 2024 it bought APM Terminals Castellon in Spain and took 60 percent stakes in Dubai Technologies and the Tbilisi Dry Port. On 2 October 2026 it completed the acquisition of Corredor Logistica e Infraestrutura, a Brazilian agricultural bulk terminal operator, at an enterprise value of AED 3.1 billion, which the group called its largest.
ADQ owns 75.42 percent of AD Ports Group. The group reported 2025 revenue of AED 20.77 billion and net profit of AED 2.07 billion, and for the second quarter of 2026 revenue of AED 7.08 billion and net profit of AED 836 million.
On 17 August 2026 the company received notice that L'IMAD Holding, acting through ADQ, was making a voluntary conditional cash offer for up to all of its shares at AED 6.25 each. The board recommended acceptance on 26 August 2026. The offer page gave a closing date of 15 September 2026; the outcome was not confirmed on the pages read.
Leadership
- Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer
- Jasim Husain Thabit, Vice-Chairman of the Board
- Martin Aarup, Group Chief Financial Officer
- Ross Thompson, Group Chief Strategy and Growth Officer
- Saif Al Mazrouei, Chief Executive Officer, Ports Cluster
- Mohammed Al Tamimi, Chief Executive Officer, Noatum Ports
- Jochen Thewes, Chief Executive Officer, Logistics Cluster
- Abdullah Al Hameli, Chief Executive Officer, Economic Cities and Free Zones Cluster