Tim Haas

With 31 years of experience in the transportation industry, Tim Haas is currently the Group COO for Gulftainer in Sharjah, UAE, responsible for the operations and financial performance of a portfolio of terminal and transportation companies. Previously he served as SVP & COO of CMA CGM America and has overall responsibility for Marine, Equipment and Intermodal Operations in the US and Canada.

Prior to joining CMA CGM, Tim was working with Instar AGF, Canadian Infrastructure Fund, specializing in the purchase of transportation assets. He also served as Sr. Vice President of Watco Terminal and Port Services where he ran a network of 22 rail terminals across the US and Canada and a 655-acre industrial port in Houston. Before that time, he spent his career with Maersk/APM Terminals in various locations around the globe.

In the US, Tim has managed container terminal operations in New Orleans, Tacoma and Houston. Besides working in terminal operations in the US, he has managed the Port of Salalah, Oman, worked in business development in Africa and the Middle East from the APM Terminals corporate office in The Hague where he was involved in the port privatization of Luanda, Angola; Aqaba, Jordan; Az Zubayr, Iraq and Bahrain, and held the regional position of COO for the Greater China Area where he sat on the board of 10 joint venture organizations.