DP WORLD DJIBOUTI FZCO AND OTHERS V. CHINA MERCHANTS PORT HOLDINGS COMPANY LTD

[2025] HKCFI 6320 Court of First Instance 17 December 2025 • HCA1951/2018 • 115 min read

29 cases cited (2 HK, 27 foreign) Cited by 2 cases

Practice Areas

Shipping & Admiralty Contract & Commercial Disputes

Judges (1)

Counsel (8)

Deacons Firm Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP Firm Astina Au Counsel Plaintiff Benjamin Yu Counsel Defendant Danny Tang Counsel Defendant Law Man Chung Counsel Defendant Paul Shieh Counsel Plaintiff Sara Tong Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (5)

China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited Defendant China Merchants Port Holdings Company Ltd Defendant Dubai (International) Djibouti Fze Plaintiff Doraleh Container Terminal Sa Plaintiff Dp World Djibouti Fzco Plaintiff

Cases Cited (29)

SG (1)

[2002] SGHC 176

SLR (1)

[2002] 2 SLR(R) 720

UK (21)

[1899] 1 Ch 781 [1943] KB 587 [1967] AC 853 [1975] AC 295 [1990] 1 Ch 433 [1994] Ch 271 [2004] Ch 1 [2005] EWCA Civ 619 [2009] EWCA Civ 217 [2011] EWHC 1461 [2011] UKPC 7 [2012] 1 WLR 1804 [2014] QB 458 [2015] QB 265 [2016] EWHC 1025 [2016] EWHC 2583 [2017] AC 964 [2019] EWHC 3340 [2021] UKSC 57 [2022] EWCA Civ 1284 [2024] EWHC 1876

HK (6)

[2010] 5 HKLRD 1 [2014] 4 HKLRD 759 [2018] HKCFI 729 [2020] HKCA 541 [2020] HKCFI 2788 [2022] 3 HKLRD 356

Cited By (2)

[2026] HKCFI 2455

兴业银行股份有限公司宁波分行 V. 宁波百丰选矿有限公司 AND OTHERS

[2026] HKCFI 197

BEIJING RENJI REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., LTD V. ZHU MIN

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 2 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2026] HKCFI 197 Court of First Instance

13 January 2026

[2026] HKCFI 2455 Court of First Instance

4 May 2026