About Rapid

Family-run. Personally accountable. Since 1992.

Rapid has been an owner-led shipping and logistics house since 1992. The directors stay close to the day-to-day, the people you deal with have the authority to act, and the same family has stood behind the business for more than three decades. We operate across the UAE's ports and airports, with offices in India.

Work with us →Our services

The company

Sitting in the gap, on purpose.

Marine agency and freight forwarding usually live in separate companies, with a gap between them that nobody is paid to own. We run both, under one roof and one accountable team. Four things keep us honest about it.

Accountability

A named person owns your account. When something goes wrong, there's no question of whose problem it is.

Quality over price

We are not the cheapest and do not pretend to be. Clients stay because the work is done right the first time, by people who know their operation inside out.

Regional mastery

We know these ports, these authorities and these rules, and we move across Coast Guard, immigration and customs at once.

Honesty when it's hard

When regulations change and the answer is complicated, we say so, with options, not silence.

What our clients say

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I would like to thank you for the way in which the logistics regarding the dive team took place. The transportation occurred without a hitch and all other arrangements were flawless.

Shane Lomnitz

Dive Superintendent

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I sincerely appreciate the services provided by Rapid and do hope to continue our excellent working relationship.

Peter Lee

Chief Operating Officer

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I am particularly impressed with the promptness and enthusiasm shown by their team towards our requests.

Jon Durana

Captain

Standards & networks

Credentials that travel.

The accreditations and relationships behind every clearance.

ISO

9001 · 14001 · 45001

Quality, environmental and safety management, independently certified.

Member networks

Authorised GCC Distributor & Partner

Rapid is the authorised GCC distributor for BigYellowFish, an AI-powered frontline success platform that makes crew safety, engagement, and wellbeing visible in context, driving operational resilience at sea.

For clarity

What Rapid is not.

✕A price-cutting freight broker trying to undercut the market.

✕A corporate agency where queries travel through multiple escalation tiers.

✕A one-vertical operation, neither pure agency nor pure forwarder.

✕A business that takes on every client regardless of fit.

✕An agency that goes quiet when the answer is complicated.

✕A crisis-only specialist, routing capability is a current strength, not the whole identity.

Start the conversation

Tell us the vessel or the cargo. We'll handle the rest.

One email and the right desk picks it up the same business day.

Request a quote →Call +971 6 573 5848