DP World's Digitalization Journey to Level-Up with TradeTech

It cannot be stressed enough how important and impactful digitalisation is going to be in trade. The growth of merchandise trade since 2000 has tripled from US$ 6.5 trillion to US$ 22.3 trillion in 2021. DP World has been busy innovating and transforming itself from a port operator into an endto-end supply chain solutions provider, with the help of numerous acquisitions along its value chain across multiple continents. In this transformational journey, DP World’s focus on digital and technological advancements has been key in becoming the end-to-end supply chains solutions provider it has set out to become.

DP World Group’s major push to digitalisation and embracing new technology started in 2016 when it put innovation at the centre of its plans to expand and become a global supply chains solutions provider. In 20