Freight in the Middle East has always run on one thing,
You call the person you know. They call the person they trust. Somewhere in that chain, cargo moves — eventually. A rate arrives three days after you needed it. A shipment goes quiet for a week. An invoice lands with charges that were never mentioned.
It was never designed this way. It simply never had to change — because nothing better existed. Shippers absorbed the wait. Businesses lived with the uncertainty. Workflows were built around the gaps.
The expertise was always here, The infrastructure was not.
Three people knew this from the inside.
In 2021, they made a decision.
Dream Big, Disrupt The Market, Do It Differently.
Moataz and Mahmoud were schoolmates. Ahmed had worked alongside Moataz for years in the logistics industry. Different backgrounds, different disciplines — one shared frustration.
So they built the remedy. They called it
CTO & Co-Founder
Technology transformed every industry I worked in. Logistics had no reason to be the exception.
CEO & Co-Founder
I spent 20 years watching this industry from the inside. It was time to fix it.
COO & Co-Founder
The gap between what clients need and what they get — that's exactly what we closed.
Every shipper deserves to know what's happening with their cargo. That's not a luxury, it's the standard.
Decades of logistics expertise exist in this region. Our platform gives that expertise the tools it always deserved.
MENA trade has unique routes, regulations, and realities. We built for that — not adapted from somewhere else and made to fit.
We asked one question
What does a shipper actually need from the moment cargo moves, to the moment it arrives?
Not more
Emails
Not more
Calls
Not more
Waiting
Just control. Clarity. And the confidence that everything is moving the way it should.
That's What We Built
600+
Customers
Who stopped chasing quotes
350+
Global Ports
Wherever your business ships, we've got you covered.
20%
Average Cost Reduction
Through smarter freight decisions
60%
Faster Booking
Because waiting days for a quote shouldn't be normal.
85+
Team Members
Building the future Of freight In MENA.
Yasser Rasheed
CEO, RP Minerals
Nowlun did not only provide us with the fastest services, we achieved a 20% shipping cost reduction in only 3 months.
Patricia
Board Member, Roots Commodities
After becoming the market leader in grains trading, we couldn't choose a better exclusive shipping partner than Nowlun.
Karim El Sayegh
Owner, MDE Trading
Our number one priority is the safety of our cars. We simply hand them the steering wheel when it comes to shipping and customs clearance.
Mohamed Amer
Logistics Manager, Mido Coatings
Mido exports to 50+ countries. Nowlun was able to scan the market and choose the best option with only few clicks.
