[2] Since then, it has carried out operations in South Asia,[3] Pakistan, the Comoros Islands, Turkey, Iraq,[4] Russia,[5] Brazil, and Lebanon[6] In June 2013, Gulftainer completed a major acquisition by securing the majority shareholding in Saudi Arabia's Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO) almost doubling the company size.

[7] In June 2014, Gulftainer signed a 35–year concession with the Canaveral Port Authority in Florida, USA to operate and develop its container and multipurpose cargo terminal.

[9] In August 2019 Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company began operations at the King Fahad Industrial Port, Yanbu in Saudi Arabia, handling both container and breakbulk cargo.

Khorfakkan Container Terminal has been recognized as the most productive port in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) by the Journal of Commerce in 2013.

[13] Gulftainer's KCT was the first port of call[1] in the Middle East for CMA CGM's Marco Polo – at the time, the world's largest container ship – on its maiden voyage across the Persian Gulf.