b'2American Journal of TransportationNOVEMBER 20 - DECEMBER 17, 2023DP World operates biggest container terminal network in CanadaDPWorldhasexpandedrapidlyinCanadaand now boasts the largest container terminal opera-tion in the country.By Leo Ryan, AJOTA maritime industry vet- Withtraderoutesto eran with considerable expe- North America changing and rience in international trade,varioussupplydisruptions Douglas Smith this summertakingplace,Smithstressed tookoverthehelmofDPtheneedforconstantcol-World Canada as new CEOlaboration between all stake-withthekeyassignmentofholders to increase trade and expandingitssupplychainensure smooth cargo flows.solutionsfromanetworkInanapparentreference thathasbecomethelarg- to such waterfront labour con-est terminal operation in theflicts as this past Julys dockerTERMINAL OPERATORS, DRAYAGE country.Hehassucceededstrikes in British Columbia, he Maksim Mihic under whosesuggested that firms should in stewardship DP World grewfact devote more attention to& CHASSIS MANAGEMENT from one terminal in Vancou- (NETWORKcontinued on ver(Centerm)tofivewithpage 14)DP World recently completed a US$260 million expansion of its Centerm terminal in Vancouver.theadditionsoftheFraser Surrey, Nanaimo, Saint John, and Prince Rupert locations. Thechallengesaheadhave been underscored by current trendsshowingdeclining US-boundcontainercargo throughtheCanadianWest Coast ports.Havingmostrecently served as joint president and CEOofMundraandTuna Ports at Adani Ports in India, Smithmadehisfirstpublic addresstoindustrycircles inCanadaatlastSeptem-bersannualconferenceof the Association of Canadian PortsAuthorities(ACPA) and emphasized a pragmatic approach to expansion based onconstantcollaboration withstakeholdersandin-depth analysis.C ontainerS peCifiC As keynote speaker, Smith offeredwhathetermeda largely container-specific pre-sentation focused on maritime developments around the world and on priorities for Canada.Douglas Smithcourtesy of Association of Canadian Port AuthoritiesLooking back at the dra-matic growth in global con-tainercapacity,heindicated that 20 years ago, there were 380millionTEUs,andlast year the total came to 1.2 bil-lion TEUs.And a contain-ership size of 4,500 TEUs is not big by todays standards ofvesselscarrying24,000 TEUs.TheDPWorldnet-work of over 80 terminals in 40 countries is geared to effi-ciently integrate into the cur-rent mega-capacity era.'