DP World has bought Europort’s interest in the Trilogiport inland container terminal project in Liège, Belgium, for an undisclosed sum, and is now 100% owner of the development.
Operating cranes and vehicles in ports is generally seen as a male dominated world but it is something that DP World London Gateway wants to change as it advertises for 50 new “terminal operatives”.
DP World (DPW) handled 29.4m teu in the first half of 2014, an increase of 9.3% year-on-year excluding London Gateway and Embraport in Brazil, and 10.7% including the new ports.
DP World's 30 year concession at Djibouti's Doraleh Container Terminal has been called into question as the country investigates the awarding of the contract in 2006.
Seven years after DP World pulled out of the US segment of a deal to acquire the assets of P&O Maritime in 2007, in the face of strong opposition from Congress, a UAE company has finally struck a deal in Florida, likely paving the way for further...