DP World Americas optimistic about navigating COVID-19

As of the start of April, all of DP World’s terminals in the Americas region are operating in full and the company is confident that its action plan will enable trade to keep flowing through the COVID-19 pandemic.

From the early stages of the outbreak, the terminal operator has worked with health authorities, governments and unions across the Americas to establish protocols to maintain the health of essential workers such as stevedores and to receive special exemptions to keep essential goods moving.

The safety practices include sanitising equipment, giving stevedores gloves and masks and testing anyone who enters a terminal for temperature while in some cases using thermal imaging.