After having announced last November 2.001 United Arab Shipping Company about their decition to Joins INTTRA http://www.inttra.com as its portal for the management of ocean-going container shipping; Middle East's largest carrier and INTTRA, the leading provider of B2B ocean freight services, announced that United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), the national line of the Arabian Gulf states has joined the growing list of investors that have entered into a long term financial commitment to this fast growing portal.United Arab Shipping Company is the twelfth carrier to join INTTRA's network joining other investors, including CMA-CGM, Hamburg Süd, Hapag-Lloyd, Kuehne & Nagel International AG, Maersk Sealand, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., and P&O Nedlloyd.

UASC is the largest ocean carrier for dry cargo to the Middle East, offering more services to the Arabian Gulf / Red Sea regions from the world-wide trading areas than any other single shipping line. The amount of UASC's investment in INTTRA is undisclosed.

Abdulla Mady Al-Mady, President and Chief Executive Officer of UASC said, "Believing that INTTRA offers the premier portal for containerized ocean transportation, we joined its network a few months ago to provide our customers with a view of both regional and global shipments from one portal. After experiencing INTTRA's operating principles that ensure data security and confidentiality, and after seeing how INTTRA's functionality creates efficiencies for both carriers and shippers, we decided to take the next step and make a financial commitment to INTTRA."

We are proud to join other leading global carriers and logistics providers with this investment, and endorse INTTRA as the only industry-backed portal that facilitates global visibility, standardized communications, and improved responsiveness for ocean-going containers."

INTTRA's Web-based portal enables shippers, freight forwarders, third party logistics providers, brokers, importers and industry portals to manage the booking and tracking of cargo across multiple shipping lines in a single integrated process.

INTTRA now has more than 750 registered companies and 2,200 registered users in more than 50 countries around the world. INTTRA has managed more than 82,000 bookings and 1.2 million container events.

Only few days before, DAL Deutsche Afrika-Linien GmbH & Co. also selected INTTRA to join its global logistics network. Through this incorporation INTTRA expands European-African trade lines.

DAL, a member of the Rantzau group boasts more than a century of shipping experience with regular liner services from Europe to Southern Africa, West Africa, and the Islands of the Indian Ocean / East Africa. The addition of DAL enhances INTTRA's coverage of the European-African trades, and extends its reach to more than 42% of the world container capacity.