DP World said an 11 percent jump in container traffic in the first half of the year will deliver “significant improvement” to the Dubai-based terminal operator’s earnings in the period, which it will release Aug. 25.
Gross volumes at the group’s 49 terminals rose to 26.2 million 20-foot equivalent units from 23.7 million TEUs in the first six months of 2010. The increased handling was driven by strong growth in the Asia/Pacific, United Arab Emirates, Africa and Americas regions, as well as traffic at newly opened terminals in Callao, Peru and Qingdao, China.