About Us
Kanoo Shipping is a division of Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo—one of the largest and independent, family-owned groups of companies in the Gulf Region. From being the first shipping agency in the Arabian Gulf region in 1912, it has grown into the largest regional shipping agency in the Middle East, handling over 20,000 ship calls every year through the company’s professional network, which covers all ports in the Suez, Indian sub-continent, and East/South Africa. Kanoo Shipping places high focus on building a highly visible HSSE culture throughout our organization, including our staff, crew members, and other personnel under our care.
As the region’s premier tanker agent and offshore service provider, Kanoo Shipping represents many of the world’s leading shipping owners, operators, and charterers. It offers regional, trans-regional or global coordinated financial and port-call management services, tailored to individual corporate needs.
Technology remains at the forefront of investments and strategic planning, with Kanoo Shipping’s industry-leading IT platform for vessel operations and finance enabling standardised services worldwide, while ensuring the highest quality service and operational efficiency.
Established in Bahrain in 1890, Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo has grown from its early trading and shipping roots to become a diversified and highly regarded business conglomerate in the Gulf region and beyond.
The family company, established by Haji Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo, has remained true to their early values—adhering to the highest level of ethics and beliefs that has led to the Kanoo name becoming synonymous to trust, reliability and quality. As a diversified business conglomerate, The Group also boasts a wide range of business activities across the world's most dynamic industries--—from Shipping, Logistics, Travel, Holidays, Machinery, Oil & Gas, Power & Industrial Projects to Exhibition services, Speciality Chemicals, Business Centers, and other retail and commercial activities.