Security at Other Ports

The true test of DP World’s security capabilities should be how well they’ve safeguarded the few dozen ports they run around the world from India and Germany to Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.

One example is their operation of Djibouti, a major port in East Africa. Long plagued by smuggling, DP World took over the port’s operation in 2000 promising better security and increased efficiency. Yet in recent years, the port’s security measures were deemed inadequate by both Ethiopia and the United States, both of which called in their own military forces to safeguard the port during major shipments (according to Stars and Stripes and Afrol News).

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