AD Ports reports record revenue and +17% YoY net profit growth

(Posted on 16/02/26)

Abu Dhabi based AD Ports Group, a leading global enabler of integrated trade, industry, and logistics solutions, has announced its preliminary unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending 31st December 2025. The Group delivered record revenue and net profit for the full year 2025 and also turned Free Cash Flow (FCF) positive for the year, a first since its 2022 public listing.

Operationally, the strong growth was driven by container terminals throughput, both domestically and internationally, the addition of 3.3 km2 of net new industrial land leases in Khalifa Economic Zones - Abu Dhabi (KEZAD) with resulting continued strong demand for warehouses, staff accommodation, and gas provision; strong activity across all maritime businesses – Shipping, Offshore & Subsea, Marine Services, and Drydocking & Shipbuilding - and the launch of the Ro-Ro shipping JV, UGR.

In 2025, AD Ports Group continued executing its disciplined internationalisation strategy launched in 2022, consolidating presence in its existing markets as a corridor-focused global trade enabler. The focus remained on the Middle East, Central Asia, Pakistan, Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Mediterranean region, where the Group continued to build operational scale and long-term partnerships. Emphasis was placed on operational stabilisation, developing customer relationships, efficiency gains, service quality, and improving the performance of recently acquired or developed assets.  

Against a challenging and complex global geopolitical and macro backdrop, AD Ports Group’s diversified business model, focused strategy, and operational flexibility have proven to be effective, turning risks into differentiated opportunities. Operational progress continued to interconnect the Group’s 34 port terminals in 2025 with associated maritime and logistics services, increasing synergies and enhancing asset utilisation.

The results of that strategy are clear and visible - AD Ports Group increased its customer base by almost 20% in 2025 whilst spending by its top 10 customers increased by 40%, a testament to its synergistic vertically integrated model, and its widening service offering, and geographic expansion, which are all bearing fruit.  

The UAE macroeconomic context, and more specifically the signing and implementation of an increasing number of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs), has also been supportive. Since 2022, 29 CEPAs have been signed with 14 implemented by the end of 2025. According to the Central Bank of the UAE, the country recorded GDP growth of approximately 5% in 2025, driven by non-oil expansion in trade, logistics, manufacturing and services.

Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO - AD Ports Group, said: “2025 was another year of record financial performance for AD Ports Group, underpinned by disciplined execution, operational scale-up, and the continued maturation of our integrated business model. Since our listing in 2022, we have consistently translated growth in volumes, assets, and geographic reach into stronger earnings, cash generation, and capital efficiency. During the year, we strengthened our core infrastructure platforms, advanced our corridor-focused international strategy, and, for the first time since listing, generated positive free cash flow for the full year ahead of guidance, which is a key benchmark of our financial development as an integrated global trade, transport, logistics, and industrial development business. As we enter 2026, the Group is well positioned, under the guidance of our wise leadership, to navigate ongoing market volatility and support the UAE’s economic diversification agenda whilst continuing to innovate unique, end-to-end solutions for our customers, and delivering sustainable, long-term value for our shareholders.”

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