DPI then went on to develop operations at the ports of Djibouti in 2000, Vizag, India in 2002 and Constanta, Romania in 2003.[2] In January 2005, DPI acquired CSX World Terminals (CSX WT).[3] It was later, in September 2005 that Dubai Ports International officially merged with the Dubai Ports Authority to form DP World.[4] The rapid expansion through acquisition continued in March 2006 when DP World purchased the fourth largest ports operator in the world, P&O for £3.9 billion.