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DP World to build port in Somaliland

DP World has won a 30-year concession to manage and develop the port of Berbera, Republic of Somaliland. The Dubai-based ports group will set up a joint venture with 65% control together with the government of Somaliland to manage and invest in the multipurpose facility. The investment of up to $442 million will include a first phase of a 400m quay and 250,000 sq m yard extension, and gantry cranes and ... [+]

In the loop

Port operator DP World has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with US-based Hyperloop One to explore the role of innovation in the future of world trade. The first project is for a feasibility study into a Hyperloop system to move containers Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port to a new inland container depot in ... [+]

Truck firm opens London Gateway base

Truck and trailer contract hire and maintenance specialist Hireco is to provide support service at DP World’s new London Gateway deep-sea container terminal and its adjacent logistics park. It will initially provide facilities for hauliers using the Port and Logistics Park with onsite ancillary services for their fleets Further discussions are ... [+]

London Gateway recruits retail expertise

DP World London Gateway has appointed Dean Hawkridge as head of commercial role at its Logistics Park. He was most recently group director of product supply for builders’ merchant Travis Perkins and prior to that head of international supply chain at DIY retailer B&Q and has also worked in similar ... [+]

Monsters in the Thames

DP World London Gateway is about to take delivery of two more of the UK’s most technically advanced quay cranes were brought up the River Thames on 15 June. The Chinese-built monsters are for the container port’s third berth, due to open later this year. When installed they will match DP ... [+]

DP World to build new port for Ecuador

DP World has won a 50 year concession to develop a $1 billion greenfield multi-purpose port project at Posorja, Ecuador, 65km from the country’s main commercial city of Guayaquil. The $500 million phase 1 will include dredging a new access channel, a 20km access road and a 400 metre berth ... [+]

New port for Turkey

DP World officially opened Turkey’s newest port at Yarimca, Izmit Bay for business on 14 May. The ceremony was attended by President Erdoğan by teleconference in the presence of senior government officials and executives of DP World. One of the biggest in the country, the new terminal can handle up ... [+]

Board game goes global thanks to DP World

Port operator DP World has become the first sponsor of the Global version of the popular logistics board game, Business on the Move. The initial launch of the UK version of Business on the Move was backed by 50 corporate sponsors enabling a production run of 2,800 copies of the ... [+]

Southampton chooses container weighing system

Strainstall, which recently unveiled a system for weighing containers in line with new SOLAS verified gross mass regulation which come into force on 1 July, has secured an order for its system from DP World Southampton, the first major commitment by a global container terminal. DP World Southampton chief executive, ... [+]

Port operator pledges to stamp out illegal wildlife trade

Global port operator DP World signed up to the ’United for Wildlife’ Taskforce at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 16 March in the presence of the Duke of Cambridge. United for Wildlife is described as “an unprecedented collaboration bringing together the world’s foremost wildlife charities” and has been convened by ... [+]

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