The newly acquired containers are expected to provide customers with seamless access to essential container capacity, particularly during peak demand periods and unexpected disruptions. By enhancing control over delivery schedules, DP World aims to mitigate delays and thereby improve the resilience and responsiveness of customers’ supply chains.
This acquisition aligns with DP World’s fleet renewal strategy, which focuses on investing in a younger fleet to reduce maintenance requirements and operating costs. The company intends to pass these savings on to customers, ensuring a consistent level of service.
Ganesh Raj, Global Chief Operating Officer, Marine Services at DP World, stated that the addition of 47,000 TEUs will enable customers to access necessary capacity amid increasing supply chain pressures. This initiative will allow goods to be transported efficiently from origin to destination under the management of a single partner.
“In today’s increasingly complex and competitive commercial environment, supply chains are under growing pressure. This injection of 47,000 TEUs into the existing ecosystem of DP World-owned assets will help our customers access the capacity they need, safe in the knowledge that their goods will be moved from end to end with a single partner,” said Ganesh Raj, Global Chief Operating Officer, Marine Services at DP World.