Profit for 2014 was increased to $757m compared to $674m the year before.

Revenue jumped 9% year-on-year to $3.41bn with total container throughput increasing from 18.99m teu in 2013 to 20.97m teu in 2014.

The global terminal operator will pay a dividend of $0.235 per share, slightly higher than $0.23 in 2013.

Ahmedn Bin Sulayem, chairman of DP World, said: “Our performance in 2014, whereby we outperformed the industry, illustrates that our strategy is bearing fruit as we benefited from increased volumes across our global portfolio, including Embraport in Brazil and London Gateway in the UK which came on stream in 2013.”

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