DP World marks 13 years in Brazil with capacity expansion and new equipment

DP World is marking 13 years of operations in Brazil this July, as the company advances a new investment cycle to expand capacity and modernize its port infrastructure.

Since starting operations in the country, DP World has invested about R$3 billion in its terminal. It is now carrying out a new investment plan of more than R$2 billion to increase operational capacity and prepare the facility for expected demand growth in the coming years.

The plan will raise the terminal’s handling capacity from the current 1.4 million TEUs to 1.7 million TEUs by the end of this year and to 2.1 million TEUs by 2028.

As part of its 13-year milestone, DP World is entering the final stage of quay expansion works. The quay will gain an additional 190 meters, reaching a total length of 1,290 meters. The company is also awaiting the arrival of eight new pieces of equipment — two ship-to-shore cranes and six rubber-tired gantry cranes, or RTGs — as part of the first phase of the terminal expansion.

The vessel Zen Hua left China in June and is on its way to Santos, with the equipment expected to be delivered in early September.

In addition to the new cranes, DP World has already received 15 new internal terminal vehicles and three new reach stackers this year, in line with the group’s global decarbonization strategy, which aims to reach zero emissions by 2050.

With the initiative, DP World became the first terminal at the Port of Santos to operate fully electric reach stackers and one of the first DP World units in the Americas to adopt the technology.

Based on international port operation standards, the new electric internal terminal vehicles can avoid more than 500 tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year compared with traditional diesel-powered models.

The equipment is part of a broader electrification program at the terminal, which will include 44 internal terminal vehicles in total, as well as two additional ship-to-shore cranes and nine more RTGs.

Between January and April 2026, total diesel consumption at the terminal fell 29.22% compared with the 2024 average, reflecting the positive impact of the company’s ongoing decarbonization efforts.

Another milestone in DP World’s diversification strategy is the development of the Santos Multimodal Terminal, or TMS, a project being carried out in partnership with Rumo and CHS. The facility will be dedicated to handling grains and fertilizers at the Port of Santos.

With planned capacity of up to 12.5 million tonnes per year, the project is expected to begin operations in 2029. It will strengthen rail-port integration and consolidate DP World’s role as a multipurpose complex, bringing together container, pulp, grain and fertilizer operations.

Source: DP World

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