DP World’s $2.5bn global expansion generates 5,000 new jobs

DP World has announced that its $2.5 billion investment in developing logistics infrastructure across the globe this year is creating nearly 5,000 new jobs spanning four continents. The projects, focused on expanding port and inland transport facilities in India, Britain, Ecuador, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), underscore the company’s mission to make trade flow while driving economic transformation. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of DP World, said: “We are delighted that our investment is providing jobs for almost 5,000 people this year alone to help deliver major upgrades to the transport infrastructure of five different countries. Trade has the potential to transform people’s lives, and these new jobs show one of the ways that works in practice. When the projects are complete, the construction workers will leave a legacy of world-class logistics infrastructure, which will benefit customers, communities, and continents for the next 50 years.”

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