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DP World by numbers
LEADERSHIP | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

DP World by numbers

700,000 tonnes

Reduction in emissions in the next 5 years

US $ 17 bn

Revenue for 2022 , surging 59 % on 2021

23.8 %

Contribution to Dubai ’ s GDP
“ There ’ s one African country where we have this problem and so we went in and said , what if we build it ? What if we built a green energy park , whether it ’ s solar or wind or offshore ? Actually , now there are two African countries that we are looking at doing this .”
Increased efficiency and BOXBAY As well as converting to clean , green electricity wherever possible , the other way to reduce environmental impact is to increase the efficiency of port and terminal operations . One exciting way that DP World is helping to drive the future of global trade is the revolutionary BOXBAY storage system .
This modular , automated , storage and retrieval system for containers has been tested and proven in Jebel Ali and now ( March 2023 ) the first contract has been signed to implement BOXBAY in South Korea .
Pusan Newport Corporation ( PNC ) operates one of the main container terminals in Asia and is the tenth largest in the world . BOXBAY will allow it to take efficiency to a whole new level .
It is estimated that this system will save PNC 350,000 unproductive container moves
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