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Container terminal operator DP World handled a record 70.1m teu at its global facilities last year – 10.1% more boxes  than in 2016.

On a like-for-like basis, the world’s third-biggest operator increased its container throughput by 9.7% in 2017 at its 78 marine and inland terminals.

This it claimed put it ahead of Drewry’s 6% growth estimate for the liner industry.

However, on a consolidated level, at terminals where DP World has majority ownership or operational control, the throughput increase was lower, at ...