DP World records increase in container volumes for first nine months of 2022

DP World handled 59.6m teu across its global portfolio of container terminals in the nine months of the year, with gross container volumes increasing by 2% year-on-year on a reported basis and up 2.5% on a like-for-like basis.

In 2Q2022, DP World handled 20.1m teu – up 1.5% year-on-year and up 2.1% on a like-for-like basis – with growth mainly driven by Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Americas, and Australia.

Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, group chairman and CEO of DP World, said: “We report another robust set of throughput figures with nine-month volume growth of 2.5%, which is once again ahead of industry growth of 1.1%.