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DP World launched a new berth at London Gateway in August, making the facility the UK’s largest seaport

UK minister confirms DP World to invest in London Gateway

Dubai’s DP World will invest £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in its London Gateway port, business minister Jonathan Reynolds has confirmed. “The investment is going ahead,” business minister Jonathan Reynolds told Sky News after media reports suggested that DP World executives had threatened to boycott the International Investment Summit on October 14 and refrain from investing in […]

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New Expo City plan to drive Dubai’s economic growth

A new master plan has been released for Expo City Dubai, one of the five key urban centres set to double the emirate’s economy by 2033. The new master plan will establish Expo City Dubai as a hub for pioneers, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, educators and students, the UAE state-run Wam news agency reported, quoting Dubai […]

DP World is already investing $3bn in new ports, terminals and economic zones in India’s western state of Gujarat

DP World among bidders for $84m Indian port upgrade

DP World is among the bidders to develop and upgrade a port in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, according to a media report. Indian conglomerate Adani is also in the running, The Telegraph, an Indian newspaper, reported The private-public-partnership project involves reconstructing one berth and mechanising two berths at Netaji Subhas Dock, Kolkatta, for […]

Jeddah metal

Jeddah port gets London Metal Exchange approval for storage

The London Metal Exchange has added Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Islamic Port to its list of locations for the storage of copper and zinc, though no warehouse has been approved yet.  “The listing of Jeddah will become active as a delivery point three months after the approval of the first warehouse company in that location,” a […]

Container volumes increased by 6.1% year on year, driven by strong growth in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and the UAE

DP World profit falls 60% amid Red Sea disruption

Dubai’s DP World said profit fell 60 percent in the first half of the year, as the global port operator felt the impact of the Red Sea disruption. Profit attributable to owners fell to $265 million in the first six months from $651 million a year earlier. However, revenues were up 3 percent to $9.3 […]

Gulf shoppers want more chilled foods – and are also turning to grocery delivery services that depend on cold storage

Cold storage in hot demand across the Gulf

Demand for chilled and frozen foods is rising across the Gulf, driving growth in the region’s cold chain infrastructure. Maersk, the Danish logistics company, says this demand – along with food security concerns – motivated it to open its first UAE cold store at Dubai Industrial City last summer. Population growth and concerns around climate […]

Izmir Port is one of Turkey's largest in terms of container volume and cargo tonnage

Turkey and AD Ports talks continue over port venture

Turkey is continuing negotiations with the UAE state-owned Abu Dhabi Ports (AD Ports) to establish a joint venture for the operational rights of the Aegean port of Izmir, a news report said. Regional competition and changing capacity conditions have delayed the closure of the deal, Reuters reported, quoting two unnamed sources. Although Ankara explored discussions […]

Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE's deputy prime minister and finance minister, visiting the London Gateway port

DP World’s London Gateway to become UK’s largest seaport

The official launch this month of a new berth at London Gateway Port makes the facility the UK’s largest seaport, with operator DP World outlining plans for three more berths. The port, which currently handles 2.4 million containers, will expand its capacity to 3.4 million containers with the opening of berth 4, the UAE state-run […]

Dancers at the opening ceremony for the Doraleh container terminal in 2009. Relations between DP World and the Djibouti authorities have since soured

DP World hits out at Djibouti after latest court victory

DP World has described the government of Djibouti as “bad for business” and said companies should “think twice” about investing in the country, following the latest ruling in their long-running legal dispute. A US court ruled in favour of the Dubai-based global ports operator this week in its battle over the Doraleh container terminal in […]

Established regional businesses, recent Chinese entrants, local startups and multinationals are all vying for a place in the Saudi logistics market Video length: 08:13

Logistics giants compete for space in Saudi Arabia

Global logistics companies are flocking to Saudi Arabia as the country’s socio-economic transformation drives demand for industrial and ecommerce buildings. Last week DB Schenker, the logistics subsidiary of Germany’s rail operator Deutsche Bahn, signed a deal with Riyadh-based developer Kaden to construct warehouses in the kingdom. At the end of May construction work started on […]