Djibouti
DP World’s Doraleh port receives 9660 TEU CMA CGA Ivanhoe
Global marine terminal operator DP World’s recently-inaugurated Doraleh Container terminal at Djibouti received CMA-CGM’s Ivanhoe, with a nominal capacity of 9660 TEU (twenty foot equivalent container units). With an overall length of 350 metres, width of 43 metres gross tonnage of more than 111,000 tonnes, the Ivanhoe is one of four Post-Panamax vessels completed... »
DP World donates vital water filters in Djibouti
Global Terminal Operator DP World announced today the donation of 170 water storage and filtration units to more than 60 rural communities across Djibouti. An estimated 100,000 people, or half the rural population of Djibouti, do not have access to clean drinking water. DP World CEO Mohammad Sharaf marked the start of the filter... »
Nakheel Announces Completion of Djibouti Palace Kempinski Second Phase
Nakheel Hotels has completed the second phase extension of its stunning Djibouti Palace Kempinski. The expansion of the hotel has now increased its initial 177 guest room inventory to a total of 254 rooms and 55 furnished apartments. The Djibouti Palace Kempinski opened in November 2006 and was the first five-star hotel to open... »
New Doraleh Terminal officially opens
Global marine terminal operator DP World today underlined its commitment to supporting the continued growth of Djibouti with the opening of the new state-of-the-art Doraleh Container Terminal. The President of Djibouti, H.E. Ismail Omar Guelleh, and Dubai World and DP World Chairman H.E. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem officiated at a quayside ceremony with special... »
Djibouti and DP World win prestigious finance awards
Djibouti’s new marine terminal development at Doraleh has won two prestigious finance awards, recognising its importance to both Djibouti and to its business partner and the terminal’s operator, DP World. The existing Port of Djibouti is managed by DP World who, in a joint venture partnership with the Djibouti government, are also developing the... »
Chairman HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum