Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo is one of the largest independent, family owned, companies in the Gulf Region. Established in Bahrain in 1890 by Haji Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo, the group grew from its early trading and shipping business to become amongst the most diversified and highly regarded business houses in the gulf region and beyond.

Kanoo has wide interests in Shipping, Travel, Machinery, Logistics, Property, Oil & Gas, Power, Chemicals, Training, Joint Ventures and Retail and Commercial activities among others. Today, Kanoo companies operate extensively throughout the Middle East and the Red Sea and are greatly respected for their ability to combine traditional values with a global vision.

Kanoo has grown into the largest regional shipping agency in the Middle East. We handle over 9000 port calls every year through our professional network, which covers all ports in the Suez to India range.

Our business is built on world-class I.T. facilities and global agency systems. Kanoo offers clients regional, trans-regional or global co-coordinated financial and port-call management services, tailored to individual corporate needs.

Kanoo shipping operates in 19 countries and at all ports in the Middle East and Indian Sub-Continent.

Kanoo have developed a strong reputation as leading agents for containers lines, in both mature, major markets of the region, and in the newly emerging markets such at Qatar, Iraq, Sudan and Yemen.

Kanoo Shipping Agencies are one of the founders of S5 Agency World Ltd., (www.s-5.org) established to meet the increasing requirements of clients looking for an independent agency with global coverage. Stakeholders in the company are all financially strong, regional market leaders making S5 the ‘new’ force in international shipping backed by a world class IT system and local expertise.

Today, Kanoo is moving full steam ahead with a commitment to extend our range of services and port coverage to meet the ever-changing global requirements of the shipping industry.