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- Livestock Transport & Trading Co. KSC, commercially known as Al Mawashi, is a Kuwait-based public shareholding company engaged in the sourcing, maritime transportation, breeding, slaughtering, processing, and distribution of live livestock and meat products. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Kuwait City, Kuwait, the company operates across integrated agribusiness and food supply segments, serving retail, wholesale, commercial, and government food security channels across the Middle East.
The company's core operations, products, and services are systematically organized across maritime transport, livestock management, meat processing, and retail distribution: maritime logistics services utilizing a dedicated fleet of specialized livestock carrier vessels for the transoceanic transport of live sheep, cattle, and goats; management of quarantine stations, holding pens, and feedlot facilities; commercial farming, animal husbandry, and feed production, including fodder and customized livestock feed mixes; operation of state-of-the-art municipal and central slaughterhouses; production and wholesale distribution of fresh, chilled, and frozen whole carcasses and primal meat cuts; manufacture and packaging of further-processed meat products, including beef and lamb burgers, minced meat, sausages, frankfurters, meatballs, kebabs, and mortadella under the Al Mawashi brand; production of organic fertilizers and animal by-products; and retail butchery chain operations, cold storage warehousing, and temperature-controlled logistics. The company maintains commercial and sourcing presence across Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, and Australia.
In recent strategic developments, Livestock Transport & Trading Co. has executed significant supply chain realignments and operational shifts to adapt to international regulatory changes, particularly the planned phase-out of live sheep maritime exports from Australia. The company has diversified its live animal procurement footprint by expanding maritime sourcing routes and farming infrastructure across South Africa, Eastern and Southern Europe, and Latin America. KLTT has concurrently accelerated the expansion of its chilled and frozen meat import segments via air and sea freight to supplement live livestock shipments. Operationally, the company has completed major modernization programs at its central slaughtering and meat processing facilities, expanded its retail store footprint in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, enhanced its direct-to-consumer digital sales platform and home delivery logistics, and deepened strategic partnerships with regional government entities to support national food security and strategic livestock reserves.