DP World is investing $2.5bn in developing an end-to-end logistics infrastructure all around the globe in 2025 and creating over thousands of new jobs in construction.
About 5000 new job roles are being created to help with delivering major transportation projects in India, Ecuador, Britain, Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal, showing the economic transformation that accompanies the DP World’s commitment for the trade flow. The international supply chain solutions business has already employed over 100,000 people directly.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World, said, “We are delighted that our investment is providing jobs for almost 5000 people this year alone to help deliver major upgrades to the transport infrastructure of five different countries.”
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“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 word class logistics infrastructure which will benefit customer, communities and continents for the next 50 years.”
The crucial growth market of India will see about 2000 new construction jobs this year through the development of the new Terminal at Tuna Tekra in the north-west. A further 500 new roles will be created from the DP World’s delivery of rail and inland terminals across the Indian sub-continent, as a vital link in its end-to-end logistics network.
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In Senegal, the construction of a brand new deep-sea port at Ndayane – that will support the country’s development for the rest of the country – is generating about 600 jobs. Almost 3000 miles along the wast coast of Africa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DP World’s Port of Banana is creating about 500 roles to build a first deep-sea port for the almost landlocked nation.
