Homeland Security Offers UAE Port Deal Clarification

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has posted updates to its Fact Sheet on U.S. Port Security, including information on the acquisition of terminal operations at six U.S. ports by a state-owned business in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

DHS stresses that the Dubai-owned company, DP World, will not “control, operate or manage any United States port.” Instead, DP World will operate and manage 11 specific, individual shipping terminals located within six ports.

“The recent business transaction taken by DP World, a United Arab Emirates based company, to acquire British company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) does not change the operations or security of keeping our nation’s ports safe. The people working on the docks also will not change as a result of this transaction,” states the DHS Fact Sheet.

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