Report
Berbera sits at 30% capacity while Ethiopia still routes 96.7% of seaborne trade through Djibouti
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Ethiopia still routed 96.71 percent of its seaborne trade through Djibouti in the 2025/26 financial year, while Berbera handled just 2.74 percent of cargo despite DP World's expansion to 500,000 TEU annual capacity and roughly 30 percent utilisation. The concentration persists amid political risk over the Berbera file, including Somalia's annulment of UAE agreements and Ethiopia's 2024 Somaliland memorandum, as Red Sea war risk compounds the port arithmetic.
