Port operator says US levies spurring faster growth in North-South trade
Beat Simon, group chief commercial officer and chief operating officer for logistics at DP World, says the Dubai-owned company is setting its sights beyond developing economies. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Marina Inoue and screenshot from DP world’s website)Â
YURIKA YONEDA
August 26, 2025 14:50 JST
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Dubai-based global port operator DP World is aiming to expand its Japan business, betting that Japanese companies will seek to diversify into the faster-growing developing economies of the Global South from the tariff-hobbled industrial ones of the Global North.