GAPIMA was established by a group of businessmen from Dewan Perniagaan Melayu Pulau Pinang back in 1974 and started off in the forwarding and stevedoring services. Within 40-years, GAPIMA had becomes one of the best performs Malaysia Project Logistics Specialist, Freight Forwarder and Ship Agency provider with great profiles.

By leveraging it's strength in the project cargo management and also the oil & gas industry, GAPIMA has also expanded its service portfolio into marine logistics. In this present days, through Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) with the support of the latest technology of logistic systems, GAPIMA had rapidly becoming a leading 4th Party Logistics (4PL) company, delivering quality services through its shared supply chain platform.

GAPIMA is registered under the Ministry of Finance and marks its service against world class service quality standard. GAPIMA is being certified ISO 9001:2015. Holds a Petronas License for freight forwarding and marine operations. In 1996, GAPIMA was appointed as one of the official Malaysian Government freight forwarders or Multimodal Transport Operator (MTO).