About Bulkliner Group

15+ years buying and importing out of the UAE

We put buyers in touch with manufacturers we have checked ourselves, write the contract, and stay on it until the goods land.

How we started

Why we started this

We started Bulkliner because of one problem we kept watching buyers run into: they never knew who actually made their goods, what the factory really charged, or whether anyone had checked the quality. Every broker in the chain took a cut and passed the risk down the line.

After 15 years working the UAE and the wider Gulf, we were sure of one thing: buyers do not need another commission trader who hides the factory name. They need someone who will walk the plant, write a contract that holds up in a dispute, check that the material actually meets the spec, and move the shipment through the port without surprises.

Today we run two licensed companies in the UAE: the brokerage head office on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, next to the Dubai Mall / Burj Khalifa metro exit, and a free zone trading and logistics arm in Sharjah Media City. We handle high-tonnage bulk commodities, precision OEM sub-assemblies, and major infrastructure procurement for government projects, general contractors, hospital networks, and industrial operators.

Bulkliner Group team mapping supply routes on a whiteboard at the Dubai head office, with the city skyline behind them
Dubai Headquarters · Global Corridors
Who runs it

Jazeem Sha Shajahan

Managing Director · Bulkliner Group

Jazeem Sha Shajahan holds overall responsibility for Bulkliner Group's commercial direction, its licensed brokerage mandates, and the manufacturer partnerships that sit behind them across the UAE and international markets.

WhatsApp: +971 50 198 3155
Direct Email: office@bulklinergroup.com

Dr Lijina Kabeer

Director · Bulkliner Group

Dr Lijina Kabeer provides strategic guidance and executive oversight to Bulkliner Group, supporting its corporate governance, organizational planning, and international business expansion initiatives.

Jithin Sha Shajahan

General Manager · Bulkliner Group

With more than a decade and a half leading international commercial trade desks and industrial procurement operations in the UAE, Jithin Sha Shajahan directs Bulkliner's global supplier network, commercial brokerage mandates, and client risk management protocols.

Direct Email: sales@bulklinergroup.com

Where we want to get to

To be the sourcing partner buyers call first, because we tell them who made the goods, what it cost, and what went wrong when something does.

How we get there

Put buyers in front of manufacturers we have checked, cut out the middle layers that add cost and hide problems, and hold the factory to the quality, price and delivery date it agreed to.

How we check suppliers

The seven checks every factory passes

No factory gets introduced to a client until it has passed all seven. If it fails one, we do not use it.

01

Who really owns the company

We check the trade licence, tax filings and industrial registration against the government registry, and trace the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) behind the name on the door.

02

Whether they can fund the order

We look at their bank credit rating, whether trade credit insurers (Euler Hermes, Coface) will cover them, any live commercial disputes, and whether they have the working capital to run your order.

03

We walk the factory floor

Our inspectors go to the site and look at the assembly lines, CNC tooling, casting furnaces and cleanrooms in person, and read the calibration and maintenance logs.

04

Whether the certificates are real

We call the issuing registrar and confirm each ISO 9001, ISO 13485, CE, API, ASTM and ASME certificate directly. Forged certificates are common, so we never take a PDF at face value.

05

What they have actually shipped

We pull their customs export manifests for the last 24 months to see how often they really ship, what they load, and whether they hit their dates.

06

How they treat their people and the site

We check workplace safety, pay and labour practice, and emissions controls against SMETA, Sedex and ISO 14001. This matters more every year for buyers who have to report on their own supply chain.

07

An inspector signs off before it ships

The contract gives an independent inspector (SGS, Bureau Veritas or TÜV) the right to watch the production run and the container loading. Nothing is released until they pass it.

Where we operate

Where we buy from

Routes we run regularly, from the factory floors of Asia and Europe into the Gulf and beyond.

China & East Asia

Industrial machinery, OEM CNC components, architectural aluminium, solar equipment, and high-volume electronics.

Key Ports: Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Qingdao

India & South Asia

Structural steel, forged flanges, brass fittings, medical consumables, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural commodities.

Key Ports: Nhava Sheva (JNPT), Mundra, Chennai

Turkey & The Levant

DCL-certified rebar, structural steel beams, ceramic tiles, sanitaryware, and contract-grade hospitality furniture.

Key Ports: Istanbul, Izmir, Mersin, Iskenderun

Europe (Italy, Germany, Spain)

Rare Italian marbles, precision hydraulic valves, architectural bronze, museum-grade joinery, and specialized chemicals.

Key Ports: Genoa, Hamburg, Valencia, Rotterdam

United Arab Emirates & GCC Hub

Free Zone transshipment, multi-vendor consolidation, customs duty exemption, and bonded re-export into Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Hubs: Jebel Ali Port, Khalifa Port, DXB & DWC Airports

Africa & Australia

High-grade silica sand, raw mineral ores, bauxite, ferro-alloys, and bulk agricultural commodities.

Key Ports: Durban, Mombasa, Port Hedland, Fremantle
Our licences

The two companies we trade under

Bulkliner Group operates under full commercial licensing and statutory oversight from UAE licensing authorities.

Dubai mainland

Bulkliner International Commercial Brokerage L.L.C

Licensed by the Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) in the Government of Dubai. Authorized to conduct international commercial brokerage, buyer-seller trade facilitation, and strategic procurement representation.

  • Headquarters: Office No. 35, Al Wasl Building, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
  • Landmark: Directly adjacent to Dubai Mall / Burj Khalifa Metro Station Exit 2
  • Managing Director: Jazeem Sha Shajahan
  • WhatsApp: +971 50 198 3155
  • Email: office@bulklinergroup.com
Sharjah free zone

Bulkliner International LLC

Licensed within Sharjah Media City Free Zone (Shams). Specializing in international import/export logistics, cross-border multi-vendor cargo consolidation, and duty-exempt transshipment into the GCC and international markets.

  • Location: Sharjah Media City Free Zone, Al Messaned, Sharjah, UAE
  • Scope: International Sourcing, Free Zone Logistics & Transshipment
  • General Manager: Jithin Sha Shajahan
  • Support: Cross-Border Documentation & Trade Finance
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