The development of the Port of Berbera in Somaliland has brought hope to a young nation and created jobs for 1,200 people. Located along one of the world’s busiest sea routes with access to a vast hinterland via the Berbera Corridor, the port is becoming a trade hub for the Horn of Africa, serving a region of 140 million people. The project is in an inspiring example of how DP World is working with government and local businesses to help communities flourish.
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By: Sultan Ahmed Bin SulayemGroup Chairman & CEO of DP World Last month, I joined Muse Bihi Abdi, President of Somaliland, Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance of Ethiopia, Dagmawit Moges, Minister of Transport of Ethiopia, and Mustafa Mohammed Omar, President of the Somali Regional State in Ethiopia, to officially inaugurate…
May Darwich, University of Birmingham and Jutta Bakonyi, Durham University Berbera port is the main overseas trade gateway of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland. The port city is located on the Gulf of Aden – one of the globally most frequented seaways connecting the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. Only…
DP World and Somaliland opened a new container terminal at Berbera Port, with work under way to further expand the terminal's capacity and develop it into a major regional trade hub serving the Horn of Africa. The newly opened container terminal increases the port's container capacity from current 150,000 Twenty Foot Equivalent Units…
