DP World container volume up 2%

[DUBAI] DP World, the world's third-largest port operator, yesterday reported a 2.0 per cent rise to 6.7 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) in consolidated container volumes for the third quarter, on a like-for-like basis.

The company, one of the more profitable assets of debt-laden Dubai World, also said that on an unconsolidated basis, it handled 14.2 million …