Abu Dhabi Ports Company PJSC has partnered with Adani International Port Holding Pte Ltd, and East Harbour Terminals Limited, to establish East Africa Gateway Limited (EAGL) based in KEZAD in Abu Dhabi. Through this newly formed joint venture, in which AD Ports Group owns 30%, all the three parties together have acquired 95% of Tanzania International Container Terminal Services Ltd. (TICTS) from Hutchison Port Holdings Limited, Hutchison Port Investments Limited and Harbours Investment Limited, for a total purchase consideration of USD 39.5 million. The deal is expected to be completed by end of June.

TICTS owns all the port handling equipment and employs the manpower at Container Terminal 2 at Dar es Salaam Port, and it will operate the terminal. The port's Terminal 2, which boasts an annual container capacity of 1 million TEUs, handled ~0.82 million TEUs in 2023, representing 83% of Tanzania's total container volumes.