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Pressure on Djibouti intensifies

News14 Oct 2018

The High Court of England and Wales has extended the restraining order against Port de Djibouti it issued in August...

News21 Aug 2018

A sudden and unexpected rapprochement between the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea could allow Ethiopian trade to return to the Port of A...

News25 Jun 2018

The government of Djibouti has issued a statement stating that it will seek a negotiated solution to its conflict with DP World. Meanwhile, ...

News23 Apr 2018

The dispute between the government of Djibouti and DP World runs on and on. The Dubai firm says that it still regards its concession to oper...

News1 Jun 2017

While ports in Morocco and Egypt continue to plan expansions, a rival in Algeria also has designs on the transhipment market....

News1 Mar 2017

DP World has won its case against the government of Djibouti in the Court of Arbitration in London. The government submitted the case in 201...

News1 Oct 2015

The new US$4B electrified railway from Djibouti to Addis Ababa is more than 90% complete, and is scheduled to begin running early next year....

News1 Apr 2015

The Ethiopian government wants to reduce the costs of shipping for the country’s exporters, and is involved in a series of initiatives tha...

News9 Jul 2014

The Government of Djibouti has cancelled DP World’s operating concession for the Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT), the largest container-h...

News1 May 2013

The government of Djibouti has revealed that it has already secured 57% of the funding required to finance its planned US$5.9B investment in...

News1 Feb 2013

Hong Kong-registered China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) has bought a 23.5% stake in PDSA for US$185M, following on from similar i...

News1 Jan 2013

China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) has expanded its foothold at the mouth of the Red Sea by purchasing a 23.5% stake in the Port ...

News1 Oct 2011

Doraleh Container Terminal in the Horn of Africa is to be expanded to handle 3M TEU/year, up from 1M TEU/year at present. Located in the tin...

News1 May 2010

A dispute erupted between the governments of Djibouti and Ethiopia at the end of April over container stuffing at the port of Djibouti. The ...

News1 Feb 2009

DP World has formally opened the new US$400M Doraleh Container Terminal at the Port of Djibouti....