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DP World has shipped over 10 million vinyl records from its Bicester facility, the UK’s largest distribution warehouse for music and video products, since opening in August 2023.
Powered by semi-autonomous ‘picking’ robots, the warehouse has become the epicentre of physical music distribution, playing a key role in the ongoing ‘vinyl revival’. The 270,000sq ft facility handles over70% of all physical music and 35% of home entertainment products sold in the ...
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DP World has signed a £20m-plus deal with Kent Foods to set up a storage facility at London Gateway Logistics Park. Under the 10-year lease agreement, Kent Foods – part of the Albex Group – will occupy a 150,000sq ft warehouse to store food products arriving at the adjacent container ...
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DP World has linked up with India’s Reliance Industries to launch a rail solution for the petrochemicals industry. The new service connects Reliance Industries’ Jamnagar plant in Gujarat to DP World’s inland container depot (ICD) in Ahmedabad and onward to the port of Mundra. Previously, the Mundra-Jamnagar-Mundra round trip involved ...
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DP World’s revenue for the year ended 31 December 2024 grew by 9.7% to $20.0 billion and adjusted EBITDA earnings rose 6.7% to $5.5 billion. Revenue growth was mainly due to improved performance from ports and terminals and contributions from new acquisitions and concessions. Ports and terminals revenue per TEU ...
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DP World says it has now moved 100,000 containers moved by rail from its Southampton hub since launching its carbon emission reducing Modal Shift Programme trial.The share of rail freight for onward journeys by containers arriving by sea at DP World Southampton has risen from 21% at the start of ...
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DP World has recorded its highest container and breakbulk cargo volumes at Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port since 2015. It handled 15.5 TEU in 2024, up 1 million on the previous year, despite ongoing supply chain disruptions. The figure represents nearly 18% of DP World's total global container throughput of 88.3 ...
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DP World’s Carbon Inset Programme has registered more than 100,000 TEUs worth of import laden containers in its first two months, says the ports and logistics operator.
Launched by DP World in the UK in December 2024, the six-month trial commenced on 1 January and rewards importers with 50kg CO₂e of ...
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DP World has completed 65% of the first phase of its Sokhna Logistics Park, 100km east of Cairo in the Suez Canal Economic Zone.
The $80 million hub spans 300,000sq m is scheduled for completion in June 2025, and aims to improve efficiency and reduce logistics costs between Egypt, the Middle ...
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DP World is offering traders cross-border payment solutions based on ‘Stablecoins’, a type of cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to another asset, such as a fiat currency or gold, to maintain a stable price. They provide an alternative to highly volatile popular cryptocurrencies. The Dubai-based ports and operator aims to ...
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DP World London Gateway and Southampton have donated over £26,000 to six local charities in Essex and Hampshire following the annual ‘Great Place to Work’ survey, which saw the port operator contribute to a specified charity after each completed employee response.
Little Haven’s Hospice in Essex, the Mountbatten Hampshire hospice, Solent ...
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