DP World’s UAE volumes down by 6%

DP World’s container volumes in the UAE, largely from its flagship facility Jebel Ali, fell 6% in the first half of 2016 due to a reduction in lower-margin cargo.

Its UAE terminals handled 7.4m teu, down from 7.9m teu in the equivalent period last year.

However, additions to DP World’s container handling capacity at new facilities helped the firm’s worldwide consolidated volumes to increase by 1.6% to 14.6m teu.