Dubai: Global marine terminal operator, DP World, handled 13 million TEU (20-foot equivalent container units) across its portfolio of 50 operating terminals, in the third quarter of the year, an increase of 14 per cent against the same period last year and a 15 per cent increase for the first nine months of the year to 36.7 million against the comparable period last year.
Volumes grew eight per cent in the third quarter to 7.3 million TEU and 7 per cent for the first nine months of the year to 20.5 million TEU.
The UAE terminals reported an increase of four per cent to three million TEU.
The number of containers handled in the first nine months of the year rose by three per cent to 8.6 million TEU.
Non-container volumes in the UAE have also shown some improvement in the third quarter, but year to date remain at lower levels than the same period last year.
