Dubai / WAM DP World Limited handled 70.1 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the full year of 2017, with gross container volumes growing by 10.1% year-on-year on a reported basis and 9.7% on a like-for-like1 basis, ahead of Drewry Maritime’s global container throughput growth estimate of 6.0% for 2017. In the fourth ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Airports, operator of the world’s busiest airport for international passenger traffic Dubai International (DXB), joined Dubai’s aviation community in signing a pledge to purchase only ‘green vehicles’ going forward. The pledge was signed by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Airports; President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority; Chairman and CEO of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Farmers’ Services Centre (ADFSC), concluded a cooperation agreement with Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), which provides financial services to the UAE and Japanese companies operating in the UAE. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 2018 Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA). The agreement was signed by the ADFSC ...