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The P&O Ports brand name is set to re-enter the maritime business after Dubai’s Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFZ) announced that it is to become a vehicle for the country’s investment in international general cargo and break bulk terminal projects.

P&O Ports is a name spoken with some veneration, but it disappeared after its portfolio of global terminals was taken over by DP World in 2006. Six US terminals ended up outside the deal after becoming the subject of an ...