DP World’s volumes up again in 2014

DP World Limited handled 60m teu across its global portfolio of container terminals during 2014, with gross container volumes growing by 8.9%.  New volume at London Gateway (UK) and Embraport (Brazil) contributed to the increase in reported volumes.

Growth in 2014 was largely driven by the Asia Pacific and India Subcontinent region, Europe and UAE terminals. The flagship Jebel Ali port delivered an impressive performance handling 15.2m teu, representing growth of 11.8% for the year.  Europe showed a solid return to volume growth in 2014.

Chairman, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, said that at Jebel Ali the opening of an additional 2m teu capacity in Q3 2014 has alleviated constraint and would provide the capacity needed to achieve further volume growth.