Press Releases

• 13
  Dec
  2022GT USA Wilmington Receives Award for Innovation • GT USA Wilmington (GTW) has been honored with an award forinnovation by the World Trade Center, Delaware. • State’s premier international business resource honors port company
• 13
  Dec
  2022GT USA of Wilmington welcomes first Moroccan citrus vessel for the 2022-2023 season • The Port of Wilmington has received its first shipment of fresh Moroccan citrus for the 2022-2023 winter fruit season.
• 13
  Dec
  2022Port of Wilmington Partners with local school and community center to celebrate Thanksgiving • GT USA Wilmington has, for the fifth year, delivered turkeys to a local school and community center prior to the Thanksgiving holiday.
• 15
  Sep
  2022Gulftainer Marks One Million Man Hours without Accident Incredible Efforts Lead to New Awards • Gulftainer’s UAE terminals have achieved a significant milestone in their ZERO Harm health and safety program by reaching more than one-million-man hours with no Lost Time Injury (LTI) incidents.
• 15
  Sep
  2022Major Growth for Gulftainer With KSA Container Terminals and Commercial Business •The Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO), boasted a 12% drastic increase in terminal activity at Jubail Commercial Port since 2021, at 347,000 TEUs.
• 11
  Aug
  2022GT USA Wilmington Welcomes the Everest Bay with the Maiden Call of a New Summer Fruit Service GT USA Wilmington (GTW) has recently received its first ever shipment of summer fruit into the Port of Wilmington, Delaware from the West Coast of South America. The citrus fruits were delivered from Valparaiso, Chile to the Port by Capt. D. A. Dela Rosa, the Master of the M/V EVEREST BAY, a refrigerated cargo ship.
• 28
  Jul
  2022GT USA Wilmington Welcomes ACME-Hardesty, A New Customer to The Port of Wilmington • GT USA Wilmington recently welcomed the M/V PORTHOS, a General Cargo Ship built in 2011, carrying a cargo of glycerin from Malaysia for the Acme-Hardesty company to the Port of Wilmington, Delaware.
• 28
  Jul
  2022GULFTAINER ON TRACK FOR MAJOR GROWTH • Substantial Increase of Bulk Cargo Volumes • Increased its bulk cargo volumes in the UAE by a staggering 290% year on year; and by demonstrating its highly productive operational abilities has increased its bulk cargo volumes by 57% in the USA.
• 9
  Dec
  2021GT USA Wilmington marks the start of the winter fruit season for 2021-2022 • With over 50 people attending the Port of Wilmington in person, and a further 30 participating online, the event provided a platform for all partners to discuss any changes for the upcoming season’s program.
• 9
  Dec
  2021GT Wilmington welcomes new customer CMPC first plywood cargo to arrive at the Port of Wilmington • GTW, the US arm of Gulftainer, a privately owned independent port operator headquartered in the UAE, recently received its very first plywood vessel at the Port of Wilmington.