DP World handled 79 million TEUs throughout its global portfolio of container terminals in the previous year, with its gross container volumes increasing by 1.4% year-on-year. Additionally, the UAE-based operator reported 19.5 million TEUs in the last quarter of 2022.
DP World’s flagship box terminal in Jebel Ali saw 14 million TEUs in 2022, which represents a 1.7% increase compared with 2021 numbers.
The Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Australia, and Americas areas all saw growth in 2022 gross volume. Additionally, Jebel Ali (UAE), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Angola, Sokhna (Egypt), London Gateway (UK), Constanta (Romania), Caucedo (Dominican Republic), Posorja (Ecuador), DP World Santos (Brazil), and all of Australian ports (Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, and Melbourne) reported a good performance in the last year.
“We are delighted to report another solid volume performance with like-for-like growth of 2.8% in 2022, which is once again ahead of the industry forecast of a marginal decline of -0.5%,” stated group chairman and chief executive officer, Ahmed Bin Sulayem.
He added that “Growth was driven by the Asia Pacific, Americas and Australia region. Encouragingly, Jebel Ali’s (UAE) high margin origin & destination cargo grew by 8.6%, with overall volume growth steady at 1.7% for the year.”
