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DP World

DP World is a logistics and transportation firm, created through the merger of Dubai Ports Authority and Dubai Ports International in September 2005. It is one the main competitors of the French company Bolloré Transport & Logistics.


Focus SAUDI ARABIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES QATAR Commodity traders 06/06/2022

Gulf nations fall back on trading giants for food security 

Faced with a tense food situation and the lukewarm success of their agricultural projects in Africa, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar have fallen back on commodities traders such as Louis Dreyfus and Olam. They are also using the traders' Dubai-based teams to help Egypt and other friendly nations struggling. [...]
Salic CEO Sulaiman al-Rumaih (left) and Olam group CEO Sunny George Verghese.
Salic CEO Sulaiman al-Rumaih (left) and Olam group CEO Sunny George Verghese. © Linkedin/SulaimanAlRumaih / Edgar Su/Reuters
DRC Infrastructures Business 15/02/2022

Kinshasa wins key changes in DP World contract for Port of Banana 

After nearly three years of negotiations, Félix Tshisekedi's team has succeeded in winning substantial modifications in the concession agreement signed with the Emirati group by the Kabila regime in 2018 for the Banana deep-water port. [...]
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi inaugurated the launch of the Banana deepwater port on 31 January 2022, in the presence of DP World representatives.
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi inaugurated the launch of the Banana deepwater port on 31 January 2022, in the presence of DP World representatives. © DRC Presidency/Twitter
Inner circles WEST AFRICA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Infrastructures Business 14/01/2022

Abu Dhabi Ports in chaotic dash to build Africa empire  Free

With a war chest of a billion dollars, Abu Dhabi Ports is hunting for projects in Africa in a bid to match its arch-rival DP World. Backed by the emirate's highest authorities, the parastatal, which in less than two years has gone from sub-regional player to global giant, is nevertheless struggling to build a proper African empire. [...]
A delivery of bauxite from Guinea by Abu Dhabi Ports in June 2018.
A delivery of bauxite from Guinea by Abu Dhabi Ports in June 2018. © Abu Dhabi Ports/Twitter
DRC Infrastructures Business 15/12/2021

How Banana deepwater port got back on track 

Félix Tshisekedi's government and the Dubai-based DP World have both had to make concessions to reach a deal on constructing the Banana deepwater port. [...]

The Emirati Minister of State for Cooperation, Khalifa Shaheen al Marar, and the Congolese Minister of Transport and Disenclavement, Cherubin Okende, during the signing ceremony of the concession contract for the construction of the deepwater port of Banana between the Congolese State and DP World on 11 December 2021.
The Emirati Minister of State for Cooperation, Khalifa Shaheen al Marar, and the Congolese Minister of Transport and Disenclavement, Cherubin Okende, during the signing ceremony of the concession contract for the construction of the deepwater port of Banana between the Congolese State and DP World on 11 December 2021. © @Presidence_RDC/Twitter

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