Strong container growth for DP World in third quarter

DP World handled 58.4m teu across its global portfolio of container terminals over September 2021, representing a 12% increase year-on-year on a reported basis.

Container volumes rose 8% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2021, mainly driven by Asia Pacific, India, Middle East & Africa and Australia with a strong performance from Qingdao in China, Mumbai in India and Sokhna in Egypt.

Group chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, said: “Encouragingly, all our regions continue to deliver volume growth with India being a key driver, and we continue to make solid progress on our strategy to deliver supply chain solutions to beneficial cargo owners.”