United Business International (UBIC) was established in 1991, strictly focusing on the provision of freight forwarding services, was established under the growing GMTC in-house demand for the acquisition and management of international contracts with shipping, freight, and trading companies.

Having carrier partners established worldwide across the North American Continent, Europe, Asia, and Australia, UBIC is able to organize, manage, and consult for international shipments of any kind and for all business sectors. Meanwhile, having a strategic location in the Middle East, makes UBIC most attractive as an NVOCC for global business, requiring global transportations.

Having over 20 years experience in the Shipping & Logistics sector, UBIC is able to act as a full-solution service provider and expert consultant for its clients' international shipping execution and logistics requirements. 

Customer Solutions: Shipping & Logistics

• Freight forwarding via sea, land, and air
• Full scope NVOCC operations
• Providing project logistic turnkey solutions which include full transportation and logistics services for mega projects including:
• Heavy and over dimensional cargo projects
• High-value cargos
• Hazardous and dangerous material cargo projects
• Personal effects by air, ocean, and land
• Customs clearance
• Bonded warehousing
• Unpacking and repacking services
• Consolidation and deconsolidation services
• Labeling and distribution in Kuwait only
• Transshipment, store and re-export services, including temporary and long term storage

It was one of the first market entrants in the shipping, logistics, and trade industry in Kuwait, accordingly gaining immediate and vast success in its respective market, while answering to a market boom for trade.

By 1970, USTCS had grown substantially in the regional market, enabling AlKazemi Group to buy out the company from its international partner. The company was then registered as a limited liability and renamed as per its current trademark. Furthermore, USTCS is considered as the initial point of establishment and growth for AlKazemi Group, where many of its successive enterprises have stemmed from its core products and services, in order to establish an expert entity for one of its service arms.

In 1953, United Shipping Trading & Contracting Services W.L.L. (USTCS), originally named United Shipping Services, was established as a partnership with African Hull Blyth and British Cory Bros. shipping companies, becoming the first division of AlKazemi Group of Companies.