AD Ports reports record revenue and profit for 2025
Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports Group 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.
Full-year revenue was AED 20.8bn (US$ 5.66bn), up 20% year-on-year (y-o-y), while net profit was AED 2.1bn, up 17% y-o-y.
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 Ports, total container throughput soared 23% y-o-y to 7.7 million TEUs for the full year, whilst general cargo volumes increased 7% y-o-y to almost 60 million tons. CMA Terminals Khalifa Port, which started commercial operations at the beginning of 2025, handled over 1.3 million TEUs during the year, implying an impressive utilisation of 74% in its first year of operations.
In container shipping, despite a challenging, complex, and volatile environment in 2025, AD Ports Group’s container feeder shipping business showed strong resilience with 38% volume growth and a mere 7% softening in rates on average. Overall, shipping freight rates remain elevated by historical standards, whilst charter rates have strengthened further amidst tight vessel availability. Despite difficult market conditions in 2025, asset-owner AD Ports Group managed to deliver strong results in its container feeder shipping business by proactively managing its service network, leveraging strong demand for services in its key regions of focus – GCC-India, Intra-Asia, Asia-Europe, Asia- Middle East and Asia-Africa, and expanding its relationship with global shippers and complementing their global network with feeder services in the Red Sea and West Africa.
Capt. 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 [2025], 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.”