About the company
Welcome to Global Shipping & Logistics (GSL) Dubai, a part of Al Shirawi Group of companies. GSL is a leading onshore 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) providers within the UAE. Our tagline ‘Driven by You,’ is our commitment to you, our clients; that we will always drive towards supply chain excellence in response to your logistics needs.
We first started Freight operations in 1975, becoming the trend setter in the Freight market. By 2005 the company had evolved into an integrated logistics provider, renamed to Global Shipping and Logistics(LLC), the benchmark for high standards in logistics.
Today we cater to end-to-end logistics and supply chain requirements of our clients. Testimony to this is the 100+ strong and growing list of global and local brands that operate their regional and local logistics operations from GSL.
Our agile and flexible business philosophy has enabled us to adapt to a rapidly developing market and keep pace with the UAE’s dramatic growth within the region. Today GSL has a workforce of nearly 700 employees, with 160,000 pallets in Dubai Investment Park and Dubai Industrial City. Today GSL has a workforce of over 600 employees, with 1 million square feet of Storage in Dubai Investment Park and a 1.8 million square feet facility in Dubai Industrial City.
We are a complete one-stop-shop logistics solution provider, with the skills, experience and processes, to service any clients in any industry. GSL’s differentiator is its State-of-the-art Temperature Controlled Warehousing Infrastructure with temperature ranging from from -60°C to Ambient.
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New Branch opened in Ras Al Khaimah.
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Awarded 1st place for the Best Sales Organization by STILL.
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New Branch opened in Abu Dhabi.
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Awarded Distributorship by MANITOU, for their Telehadler and Teleaccess platforms.
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Awarded 2nd place for the Best Sales Organization for Middle East, Africa and CIS Regions by STILL.
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Awarded the biggest bus tender in the history of Dubai Municipality.
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Awarded Certificate of compliance on “Dealer Operating Standard”. ASE is the first dealer outside of Europe to receive this certification.
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Parts Centre opened in Sharjah
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Appointed Distributors of STILL Forklift Trucks for Dubai & Northern Emirates
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Appointed Distributors of CASE Construction Equipment for UAE
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Inaugurated the largest Commercial Vehicle Sales & Service facility in UAE at Al Quoz.
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Appointed the distributor of IRIZAR Bus & Coaches
About the Group
Oasis Investment Company LLC (OIC), the holding company of the Al Shirawi Group of Companies, was founded in Dubai in 1971, by two visionary leaders – Abdulla Al Shirawi and Mohan Valrani. From its humble beginnings as a trading and contracting company, the Group has grown into one of the largest private business conglomerates in the UAE. The reigns have now been successfully passed on to the second generation of leaders.
Today, the Al Shirawi Group has more than 34 companies in diverse business sectors. Each company is an independent profit centre, able to draw on the unrivalled in-house resources and technical expertise of the Group’s complementary businesses for its success. With an annual turnover of USD 1 Billion, Al Shirawi has earned its place as a global player.
Learn More Al Shirawi Group Brochure Q4 2021 FlipbookQuality & Certification
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Quality is paramount to us and an integral part of our customer promise. It is an endless journey and at GSL we continually seek ways to improve and take pride in being the only 3PL in the UAE with the following 6 quality certifications and approvals:
- ISO 9001:2015 – Quality Management System (QMS)
- ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental Management System (EMS)
- ISO 45001:2018 – Occupational Health & Safety Management System
- HACCP Certificate – Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point Certificate
- ISO 22000:2018 – Food Safety Management System
- BRC S&D – Global Standard for Storage & Distribution
GSL Vision
Vision
"To become the No. 1 growth partner for business in the UAE & GCC." GSL, with its vast 3PL experience will become the growth partner that businesses seek to work with in order to grow in the UAE and GCC...
Mission
"To continually innovate and expand our service portfolio so that we exceed customer expectations the first time and every time through quality-driven, competitively-priced lean services"...
Core Values
Guided by the principle of paying respect where it is due and always looking forward towards achieving GSL’s vision as one team, we find ourselves adhering to the following values...