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For centuries, Dubai has been known as ‘the city of merchants’. During the fifties and sixties it became an increasingly busy trading post for the entire Gulf region.

Mina (Port) Rashid was completed in 1972. The port’s location near to the city center, its all-new infrastructure and Dubai’s thriving business community made it an instant success. By 1978 the number of berths was increased to 35 - including five berths large and deep enough to handle the largest container vessels.

In 1976, the late ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid, gave instructions for an even more ambitious project: the construction of the world’s largest man-made harbor at Jebel Ali. When completed in 1979, Jebel Ali Port ranked alongside the Great Wall of China and the Hoover Dam as the only three man-made objects that could be seen from space.

Jebel Ali Port and Free Zone merged with Port Rashid in May 1991 to form Dubai Ports Authority which led to a dramatic increase in throughput to cross one million TEU’s.

Formally established in September 2005, DP World has emerged from the corporate integration between Dubai Ports Authority and DPI Terminals, to become one of the largest global port operators to date.