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{{short description|Maersk's port operation subsidiary}}
| company_name = APM Terminal
{{Infobox company
| company_logo =
| name = APM Terminals B.V.
| company_type = Private
| logo = APM Terminals logo.svg
| logo_size = 300px
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Freight transport|Transportation]]<br />[[Logistics]]
| foundation = 2001
| foundation = 2001
| location = [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]
| location = [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Kim Fejfer ([[CEO]])<br>Peder Sondergaard ([[COO]])
| key_people = Keith Svendsen <small>([[CEO]])</small>
| num_employees = 19,000 (2007)
| num_employees = 22,000
| industry = [[Transport]], [[Terminals]]
| num_employees_year = 2022
| owner = [[A.P. Moller-Maersk Group]].
| services = [[Container terminals]]<br />[[Port operator|Port management]]
| revenue = 2,065 billion [[$]] 2006
| owner = [[Maersk|A.P. Moller-Maersk]]
| net_income = 99 million [[$]] 2006
| revenue = [[United States dollar|US]]$4.13 billion
| homepage = http://www.apmterminals.com/
| revenue_year = 2017
| homepage = [https://www.apmterminals.com apmterminals.com]
}}
}}


'''APM Terminals''' is a [[Port operator|port operating]] company headquartered in [[The Hague]], Netherlands. A unit of [[Denmark|Danish]] [[Freight transport|shipping company]] [[Maersk]]'s Transport and Logistics division. It manages [[container terminals]] and provides integrated cargo and inland services, operating 74 port and terminal facilities in 38 countries on five continents. They currently have five new port projects in development, including over 100 inland services. The services include providing container transportation, management, maintenance, and repair in 38 countries. In 2018, APM Terminals was ranked the world's fifth-largest container terminal operator.<ref name="ReferenceA">"Annual Review of Global Container Terminal Operators 2018", Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd.</ref>
'''APM Terminals''' is a multinational [[container terminal]] operating company headquartered in the [[Netherlands]]. It is the world's second largest terminal operator<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.nfia.com/item.php?newsid=381 |title=APM Terminals |publisher = Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency|accessdate=2008-02-23 |work=Netherlands in the News }}</ref> with a global network of more than 50 terminals in 31 countries, with another 14 more in development or construction.

In 2006 APM Terminals’ [[containerization|container]] handling volume grew by 18%, with a throughput of 32.4 million [[TEU]]s and a global market share of 7.4% of container port traffic. Revenue for the first half of 2007 was $US1.195 billion, representing a 26% increase on the same period in 2006.<ref name='Maersk.com'> {{cite journal | authorlink = A.P.Moller - Maersk A/S | title = Interim Report 2007 | pages = 7 | publisher = Maersk | date = 2007 | url = http://shareholders.maersk.com/NR/rdonlyres/9EF73D40-935F-4157-AB69-0AB65BF15C4C/0/InterimReport2007uk.pdf | accessdate = 2007-12-20 }}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
The company's history in terminal operations began a half-century ago with the first [[Maersk]] facility, which opened in [[Brooklyn]], in the [[Port of New York and New Jersey|Port of New York]] in 1958 to handle general cargoes. In 1975, the group established the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's]] first dedicated container terminal, at Berth 51 at [[Port Elizabeth, New Jersey|Port Elizabeth]], New Jersey.
[[Image:APM-Image-1.jpg|thumb|200px]]
The company’s history in terminal operations began a half century ago with the first [[A. P. Moller-Maersk Group|A.P. Moller]] facility, which opened in [[Brooklyn]], in the Port of [[New York]] in 1958 to handle general cargoes. In 1975 the group established the Port Authority of [[New York]] and [[New Jersey]]’s first dedicated container terminal, at Berth 51 at [[Port Elizabeth, New Jersey]].


APM Terminals was established as an independent terminal operating company within the [[Copenhagen, Denmark]]-based [[A.P. Moller-Maersk Group]] in 2001. In 2004, APM Terminals moved its headquarters to [[The Hague, Netherlands]]. Today the company provides services more than 60 shipping lines with over 19,000 personnel worldwide. APM Terminals was recognized by industry magazine Containerization International as the 2006 “Best Global Container Terminal Operator”.<ref name='ci-online.co.uk'> {{cite web|url=http://www.ci-online.co.uk |title=2006 Best Global Terminal Operator listing |accessdate=2007-12-20 |work=ci-online.co.uk.com }}</ref>
APM Terminals was founded as the port and terminal operating unit of [[Copenhagen]], Denmark-based A.P. Moller - Maersk Group in January 2001. In 2004, APM Terminals moved its headquarters from Copenhagen to [[The Hague]], Netherlands.


The company provides services to more than 60 shipping lines with an integrated global port and container terminal network with interests in 60 facilities and three in development, in 30 countries on five continents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What we do - APM Terminals |url=https://www.apmterminals.com/en/about/our-company |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.apmterminals.com}}</ref>
In 2023, APM Terminals generated USD 3.8 billion in revenue. The company’s 22,000 employees serviced more than 27,000 vessel calls and moved 21.7 million containers at both its hub and gateway terminals. As of April 2024, it operated 60 ports and terminals, located in 30 countries.


===Terminal Expansions===


The following terminals recently completed capacity expansions or are currently under development to increase capacity and efficiency:


APM Terminals Lázaro Cárdenas, [[Mexico]]: Phase II expansion started in 2023. This will increase capacity by one million TEUs.
==APM Terminals recent developments:==
*Plans announced in October 2007 for a new 700,000 TEU container terminal in [[Guayaquil, Ecuador]]. Construction will start in 2008, with the opening scheduled for 2009.


APM Terminals Tangier MedPort, [[Morocco]]: One million TEU expansion delivered in 2023, together with electric equipment, shore power, and auto mooring.
*Opening of the new 4.2 million TEU [[Guangzhou]] [[South China]] Ocean Gate Container Terminal in September 2007. According to transportweekly.com, APM Terminals holds a 20% share of the Nansha Phase II joint venture.<ref name='transportweekly.com'> {{cite web|url=http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/45779/ |title=Maersk’s 2007 mid year report to shareholders |accessdate=2007-12-20 |work=transportweekly.com |date=2007-01-10 }}</ref>


[[Port of Salalah]], [[Oman]]: One million TEU expansion underway, with completion expected in 2025.
*An agreement signed in September 2007 with the [[Government of Egypt]] to double the capacity of the Suez Container Canal Terminal transshipment center at [[Port Said]] to 5.1 million TEUs. The enlarged facility will provide service to the latest-generation container vessels with 24 Super Post-Panamax cranes. Phase II of the SCCT, a joint venture with a 60% APM Terminals majority holding, is scheduled for completion in 2011.


APM Terminals Maasvlakte II, Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Doubling of annual capacity currently underway with completion expected in 2027.
*Opening of a new {{convert|291|acre|sqkm|sing=on}} terminal in [[Portsmouth]], [[Virginia]], the third largest container terminal in the [[United States]]. According to Shipping Times, the $450 million environmentally sensitive terminal has a capacity of 1 million TEUs, and with total site acreage of 571, can be expanded when necessary to 2 million TEU capacity.<ref name='shippingtimes.co.uk'> {{cite web|url=http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/item904_maersk.htm |title=Largest privately owned container terminal in USA opens |accessdate=2007-12-20 |work=shippingtimes.co.uk |date=2007-09-07 }}</ref> The terminal is one of the few with the necessary depth and modern cranes able to accommodate the latest Post-Panamax containerships now entering global service.


[[Poti Sea Port]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]: Expansion will commence in 2024. The first stage includes a breakwater of 1,700m and a 400m multipurpose quay with 13.5 m depth able to handle dry bulk cargo and an incremental 150,000 TEUs. The second stage will double the annual container capacity at Poti Sea Port to over 1 million TEU.
*Opening of the new Xiamen Songyu Phase I Container Terminal at Songyu Port, in [[Xiamen]], in Southeast China’s Fujian Province in September 2007. The terminal is a 50-50 joint venture with the Xiamen Port Group. The $380 million facility has three deep-water berths according to WorldCargo News.<ref name='worldcargonews.com'> {{cite web|url=http://www.worldcargonews.com/htm/n20060324.578965.htm |title=JNPT plans Terminal 4 |accessdate=2007-12-20 |work=worldcargonews.com |date=2006-02-01 }}</ref>


===Terminal Divestments===
*Awarded a 20 year concession in July 2007 by the [[Government of Angola]] to operate the nation’s largest container facility at the Port of Luanda. The Luanda Container Terminal will be run as a joint venture with a local Angolan company.


In 2022, APM Terminals divested its 30% share in the EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and Sogester container terminals in Luanda and Namibe, Angola. In 2023/2024, APM Terminals divested its operations in Castellón, Spain; Nouakchott and Nouadhibou, Mauritania; Cotonou, Benin; and Conakry, Guinea. The concession agreement for APM Terminals Itajai, Brazil was not renewed in 2023.
*Opened the first container terminal in the Tanger Med Port Complex in [[Tangiers]], [[Morocco]], in July 2007. The facility, with a projected annual throughput of 1.4 million TEUs is an important transshipment center for the Western Mediterranean and North African regions, is a joint venture with the Akwa Goup of Casablanca. APM Terminals’ stake in the venture is 90%.


===Decarbonization===
*An agreement announced with local partners to develop, own and operate the Shenzhen Dachan Bay Phase II Container Terminal at the Port of Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta of [[China]] in June 2007. According to Logistics Business Review, the four-berth terminal will have a capacity of 3.2 million TEUs and will be fully operational by 2010. APM Terminals will hold 51% ownership of the project, which is estimated to represent an investment of $909 million.<ref name='logistics-business-review.com'> {{cite web|url=http://www.logistics-business-review.com/article_news.asp?guid=7083E411-4CB4-47C4-A8A9-4031DD52787A |title=APM Terminals forms Chinese JV |accessdate=2007-12-20 |work=logistics-business-review.com |date=2007-06-26 }}</ref>


In 2022, APM Terminals made an industry-leading commitment to be fully net-zero by 2040, and to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions by 65% by 2030 compared to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate change |url=https://www.maersk.com/sustainability/our-esg-priorities/climate-change |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.maersk.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions|Scope 1]] are emissions generated while carrying out business activities, whereas scope 2 covers indirect emissions from purchased energy.
*Opened the Gateway Terminals India terminal in [[Mumbai]] in January 2007 as a joint venture between APM Terminals, and the Container Corporation of India. The 1.3 million TEU capacity facility is the largest and most modern container terminal in India, according to The Hindu Business Line, Internet Edition.<ref name='thehindubusinessline.com'> {{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/02/25/stories/2005022502210700.htm |title=JNPT box terminal project |accessdate=2007-12-20 |work=thehindubusinessline.com |date=2005-02-24 }}</ref>


Between 2022 and 2023, APM Terminals reduced its absolute scope 1 and 2 emissions by 13%. Additionally, 40% of electricity demand (as of 2023) was procured from renewable resources.
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In 2023, APM Terminals and DP World<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ports and Terminals {{!}} Container Port and Terminal {{!}} DP World |url=https://www.dpworld.com/supply-chain-solutions/ports-and-terminals |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.dpworld.com}}</ref> published a joint white paper<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Case For Electrified Container Handling - APM Terminals |url=https://www.apmterminals.com/en/about/white-paper |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.apmterminals.com}}</ref> emphasizing the importance of electrified container handling equipment to speed up the decarbonization of the industry.
==Other projects currently underway==
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*[[Mobile, Alabama]], [[United States]]
*[[Bahrain]]
*[[Cai Mep]], [[Vietnam]]
*[[Guangzhou]], [[People's Republic of China]]
*[[Aqaba]], [[Jordan]]
*[[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
*[[Tianjin]], [[People's Republic of China]]
*[[Le Havre]], [[France]]
*[[Wilhelmshaven]], [[Germany]]


In 2023, to speed up the adoption and understanding of battery electric container handling equipment, APM Terminals commenced a US$60 million electrification pilot programme at the Aqaba Container Terminal, APM Terminals Barcelona, APM Terminals Mobile, Pier 400 Los Angeles and Suez Canal Container Terminal.
==Environmental and safety efforts==
[[Image:APM Terminals WJ Grimes.JPG|thumb|200px|left|New terminal in Portsmouth, VA.]]
New APM Terminals projects as well as expansions to existing facilities are monitored for environmental compliance and safety. The company uses eco-friendly, low-emissions equipment whenever possible and works with local leaders to ensure that sites provide for wildlife conservation and remediation. In light of evidence concerning the effects of global warming, APM Terminals’ Global Terminal Network is committed to using environmentally friendly techniques and following world standards during construction and operation of facilities around the world.</p>


APM Terminals also established the Zero Emission Port Alliance<ref>{{Cite web |title=ZEPA – Zero Emission Port Alliance |url=https://www.zepalliance.com/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.zepalliance.com |language=EN}}</ref> during [[2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP28]] – an industry-wide strategic coalition with the goal of accelerating container handling equipment electrification.
==The APM Terminals’ Global Terminal Network==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
== Business Operations ==
|-
* Three new terminals commenced operation in 2017: APM Terminals [[Port of Lázaro Cárdenas|Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)]]; APM Terminals Izmir, Turkey; and APM Terminals Quetzal, Guatemala.
! style="background:#C3D9FF;" | Port
* In March 2016 APM Terminals completed the $1 billion acquisition of Spanish-based Grup Maritim TCB's port and rail interests. The acquisition added 8 terminals with a combined 2 million TEU equity-weighted volumes to the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network.
! style="background:#C3D9FF;" | Location
* Meridian Port Services, a joint venture between APM Terminals, [[Bolloré Africa Logistics]], and the [[Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority]], have formalized an agreement to invest $1.5 billion in a new deep-water 3.5 million TEU port and logistics hub in [[Tema]], Ghana.
! style="background:#C3D9FF;" | Region
* Sogester Namibe, an APM Terminals joint venture, signed a 20-year concession to operate, maintain and develop the [[Port of Namibe|Port of Moçâmedes]] in southern [[Angola]], in May 2014. Sogester Container Terminal has been operating at [[Port of Luanda]], the primary port of Angola, since 2007.
|-
* [[Global Ports]], Russia's largest terminal operating company, in which APM Terminals holds a co-controlling share, completed the acquisition of NCC, Russia's second-largest terminal operating company in December 2013.
| [[Aarhus]] || [[Denmark]] || [[Scandinavia]]/[[Baltic]]
* In February 2013 APM Terminals and Turkish-based [[Petkim]] announced the finalization of plans to develop APM Terminals Izmir near the [[Port of İzmir|Port of Izmir]], [[Turkey]]. The 15.5 meter deep facility opened in 2016 under a 28-year concession, with an initial annual throughput capacity of 1.5 million TEUs.
|-

| [[Abidjan]] || [[Ivory Coast]] || [[West Africa]]
==Current New Terminal Development ==
|-
In 2023, the company won a concession for building and operating a container terminal in the Port of Suape, [[Brazil]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Labrut |first=Michele |date=2024-06-17 |title=APM Terminals to invest $45m in Suape infrastructure |url=https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ports/apm-terminals-invest-45m-suape-infrastructure |website=www.seatrade-maritime.com}}</ref> Other projects:
| [[Algeciras]] || [[Spain]] || [[Mediterranean]]

|-
| [[Apapa]] || [[Nigeria]] || [[West Africa]]
*[[Moín Container Terminal]], [[Costa Rica]]
*[[Tema]], [[Ghana]]
|-
*[[Abidjan]], [[Ivory Coast]]
| [[Aqaba]] || [[Jordan]] || [[Middle East]]/[[Red Sea]]
*[[Vado Ligure]], [[Italy]]
|-
*[[Tangier]], [[Morocco]]
| [[Bahrain]] || [[Bahrain]] || [[Middle East]]/[[Persian Gulf]]
*[[Rijeka Gateway]], [[Croatia]]
|-

| [[Bremerhaven]] || [[Germany]] || [[Western Europe]]
== Expansions and Upgrades of Existing Facilities ==
|-
*[[Cartagena, Colombia]]
| [[Buenos Aires]] || [[Argentina]] || [[South America]]
*[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
|-
*[[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| [[Cagliari]] || [[Sardinia]] ([[Italy]]) || [[Mediterranean]]
*[[Mobile, Alabama]]
|-
*[[Onne]], [[Nigeria]]
| [[Cai Mep]] || [[Vietnam]] || [[Southeast Asia]]
*[[Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal|Port Elizabeth, New Jersey]]
|-
*[[Poti]], [[Georgia (country)|Republic of Georgia]]
| [[Charleston, SC]] || [[U.S. East Coast]] || [[North America]]
*[[Qingdao]], [[China]]
|-
| [[Colombo]] || [[Sri Lanka]] || [[South Asia]]
*[[Tanjung Pelepas]], [[Malaysia]]
*[[Tema]], [[Ghana]]
|-

| [[Constantza]] || [[Romania]] || [[Mediterranean]]/[[Black Sea]]
==Sustainability==
|-
APM Terminals’ sustainability initiatives and performance are divided into four core areas: Health, Safety, and Security; Environment; Responsible Business; and Social Responsibility. Significant gains or new major initiatives have been achieved or implemented in each performance category.{{According to whom|date=November 2023}}
| [[Dalian]] || [[China]] || [[East Asia]]

|-
There were 141 Lost-Time Injuries (LTI) recorded in the APM Terminals operating portfolio in 2017{{According to whom|date=November 2023}}. This was the lowest number of LTI ever achieved by APM Terminals. The LTI frequency rate (LTIF) for the year was 1.62 per million man-hours worked, slightly higher than the 1.52 recorded in 2016. There were also three fatalities at APM Terminals facilities during the year. A new incident reporting tool was launched across all APM Terminals locations globally in the fourth quarter of 2017. The new tool greatly improves our ability to analyze our data and gain more insight into eliminating risk by utilizing data-driven decisions on where to focus attention going forward.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| [[Douala]] || [[Cameroon]] || [[West Africa]]

|-
In 2018, we continue to work to improve our environmental performance specifically and to develop global environmental standards and guidelines. In the area of greenhouse gases and other emissions, APM Terminals has set a goal of a 25% reduction in {{chem|CO|2}} output, as measured from the base year of 2010. APM Terminals signed a two-year, €5 million ($6.23 million) contract with Amsterdam-based NV Nuon Energy for the supply of environmentally sustainable wind-generated electricity to power the new APM Terminals Maasvlakte II cranes and container handling equipment. The new deep-water terminal, which was officially inaugurated in April 2015, is the world's first container terminal to generate zero greenhouse gases and particulate emissions as compared with diesel-powered terminal machinery. The contract term began on January 1, 2015.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| [[Dunkirk]] || [[France]] || [[Western Europe]]

|-
APM Terminals has embarked on a program to convert and retrofit more than 400 Rubber-Tire Gantry Cranes (RTGs) in use throughout the APM Terminals global port, terminal, and inland services network to a combination electric and diesel power as a measure to reduce both costs and emission of carbon dioxide ({{chem|CO|2}}) from the current diesel-powered RTG fleet. RTGs, which are used to move loaded and unloaded containers at the terminals, are usually powered by diesel engines. The new power supply will be a combination of electricity and diesel, utilizing a busbar- a rail providing access to electrical power. Recent technological advances have made such a hybrid power option possible for RTGs. The use of E-RTGs will reduce [[Greenhouse gas emissions|{{chem|CO|2}} emissions]] by between 60-80% compared with conventional diesel-powered RTGs, which will result in overall terminal {{chem|CO|2}} emissions decreasing by 20% per TEU handled. The retro-fitting of the majority of the existing 400-unit APM Terminals RTG fleet will eliminate 70,000 tons of {{chem|CO|2}} emissions annually.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.apmterminals.com/about-us/sustainability/download-report |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705182150/http://www.apmterminals.com/about-us/sustainability/download-report |archive-date=2015-07-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[Genoa]] || [[Italy]] || [[Mediterranean]]

|-
== See also ==
| [[Gioia Tauro]] || [[Italy]] || [[Mediterranean]]
* [[Containerization]]
|-
* [[Dock (maritime)]]
| [[Guangzhou]] || [[China]] || [[East Asia]]
|-
| [[Houston, TX]] || [[U.S. Gulf Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Itajai]] || [[Brazil]] || [[South America]]
|-
| [[Jacksonville, FL]] || [[U.S. East Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Kaohsiung]] || [[Taiwan]] || [[East Asia]]
|-
| [[Kingston]] || [[Jamaica]] || [[Caribbean]]
|-
| [[Kobe]] || [[Japan]] || [[East Asia]]
|-
| [[Laem Chabang]] || [[Thailand]] || [[Southeast Asia]]
|-
| [[Le Havre]] || [[France]] || [[Western Europe]]
|-
| [[Los Angeles, CA]] || [[U.S. West Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Luanda]] || [[Angola]] || [[Southern Africa]]
|-
| [[Miami, FL]] || [[U.S. East Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Mobile, AL]] || [[U.S. Gulf Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Mumbai]] || [[India]] || [[South Asia]]
|-
| [[New York]]/[[New Jersey]] || [[U.S. East Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Oakland, CA]] || [[U.S. West Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Onne]] || [[Nigeria]] || [[West Africa]]
|-
| [[Pipavav]] || [[India]] || [[South Asia]]
|-
| [[Port Everglades, FL]] || [[U.S. East Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Port Qasim]] || [[Pakistan]] || [[South Asia]]
|-
| [[Port Said]] || [[Egypt]] || [[Mediterranean]]
|-
| [[Portsmouth, VA]] || [[U.S. East Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Qingdao]] || [[China]] || [[East Asia]]
|-
| [[Rotterdam]] || [[Netherlands]] || [[Western Europe]]
|-
| [[Salalah]] || [[Oman]] || [[Middle East]]/[[Arabian Sea]]
|-
| [[Savannah, GA]] || [[U.S. East Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Shanghai]] || [[China]] || [[East Asia]]
|-
| [[Shenzhen]] || [[China]] || [[East Asia]]
|-
| [[Tacoma, WA]] || [[U.S. West Coast]] || [[North America]]
|-
| [[Tangier]] || [[Morocco]] || [[Mediterranean]]
|-
| [[Tanjung Pelepas]] || [[Malaysia]] || [[Southeast Asia]]
|-
| [[Tema]] || [[Ghana]] || [[West Africa]]
|-
| [[Tianjin]] || [[China]] || [[East Asia]]
|-
| [[Vado]] || [[Italy]] || [[Western Europe]]
|-
| [[Wilhelmshaven]] || [[Germany]] || [[Western Europe]]
|-
| [[Xiamen]] || [[China]] || [[East Asia]]
|-
| [[Yantian]] || [[China]] || [[East Asia]]
|-
| [[Yokohama]] || [[Japan]] || [[East Asia]]
|-
| [[Zeebrugge]] || [[Belgium]] || [[Western Europe]]
|}


== References ==
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APM Terminals B.V.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTransportation
Logistics
Founded2001
HeadquartersThe Hague, Netherlands
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Keith Svendsen (CEO)
ServicesContainer terminals
Port management
RevenueUS$4.13 billion (2017)
OwnerA.P. Moller-Maersk
Number of employees
22,000 (2022)
Websiteapmterminals.com

APM Terminals is a port operating company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. A unit of Danish shipping company Maersk's Transport and Logistics division. It manages container terminals and provides integrated cargo and inland services, operating 74 port and terminal facilities in 38 countries on five continents. They currently have five new port projects in development, including over 100 inland services. The services include providing container transportation, management, maintenance, and repair in 38 countries. In 2018, APM Terminals was ranked the world's fifth-largest container terminal operator.[1]

History

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The company's history in terminal operations began a half-century ago with the first Maersk facility, which opened in Brooklyn, in the Port of New York in 1958 to handle general cargoes. In 1975, the group established the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's first dedicated container terminal, at Berth 51 at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey.

APM Terminals was founded as the port and terminal operating unit of Copenhagen, Denmark-based A.P. Moller - Maersk Group in January 2001. In 2004, APM Terminals moved its headquarters from Copenhagen to The Hague, Netherlands.

The company provides services to more than 60 shipping lines with an integrated global port and container terminal network with interests in 60 facilities and three in development, in 30 countries on five continents.[2] In 2023, APM Terminals generated USD 3.8 billion in revenue. The company’s 22,000 employees serviced more than 27,000 vessel calls and moved 21.7 million containers at both its hub and gateway terminals. As of April 2024, it operated 60 ports and terminals, located in 30 countries.

Terminal Expansions

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The following terminals recently completed capacity expansions or are currently under development to increase capacity and efficiency:

APM Terminals Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico: Phase II expansion started in 2023. This will increase capacity by one million TEUs.

APM Terminals Tangier MedPort, Morocco: One million TEU expansion delivered in 2023, together with electric equipment, shore power, and auto mooring.

Port of Salalah, Oman: One million TEU expansion underway, with completion expected in 2025.

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II, Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Doubling of annual capacity currently underway with completion expected in 2027.

Poti Sea Port, Georgia: Expansion will commence in 2024. The first stage includes a breakwater of 1,700m and a 400m multipurpose quay with 13.5 m depth able to handle dry bulk cargo and an incremental 150,000 TEUs. The second stage will double the annual container capacity at Poti Sea Port to over 1 million TEU.

Terminal Divestments

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In 2022, APM Terminals divested its 30% share in the EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and Sogester container terminals in Luanda and Namibe, Angola. In 2023/2024, APM Terminals divested its operations in Castellón, Spain; Nouakchott and Nouadhibou, Mauritania; Cotonou, Benin; and Conakry, Guinea. The concession agreement for APM Terminals Itajai, Brazil was not renewed in 2023.

Decarbonization

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In 2022, APM Terminals made an industry-leading commitment to be fully net-zero by 2040, and to reduce its scope 1 and 2 emissions by 65% by 2030 compared to 2022.[3] Scope 1 are emissions generated while carrying out business activities, whereas scope 2 covers indirect emissions from purchased energy.

Between 2022 and 2023, APM Terminals reduced its absolute scope 1 and 2 emissions by 13%. Additionally, 40% of electricity demand (as of 2023) was procured from renewable resources.

In 2023, APM Terminals and DP World[4] published a joint white paper[5] emphasizing the importance of electrified container handling equipment to speed up the decarbonization of the industry.

In 2023, to speed up the adoption and understanding of battery electric container handling equipment, APM Terminals commenced a US$60 million electrification pilot programme at the Aqaba Container Terminal, APM Terminals Barcelona, APM Terminals Mobile, Pier 400 Los Angeles and Suez Canal Container Terminal.

APM Terminals also established the Zero Emission Port Alliance[6] during COP28 – an industry-wide strategic coalition with the goal of accelerating container handling equipment electrification.

Business Operations

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  • Three new terminals commenced operation in 2017: APM Terminals Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico); APM Terminals Izmir, Turkey; and APM Terminals Quetzal, Guatemala.
  • In March 2016 APM Terminals completed the $1 billion acquisition of Spanish-based Grup Maritim TCB's port and rail interests. The acquisition added 8 terminals with a combined 2 million TEU equity-weighted volumes to the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network.
  • Meridian Port Services, a joint venture between APM Terminals, Bolloré Africa Logistics, and the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, have formalized an agreement to invest $1.5 billion in a new deep-water 3.5 million TEU port and logistics hub in Tema, Ghana.
  • Sogester Namibe, an APM Terminals joint venture, signed a 20-year concession to operate, maintain and develop the Port of Moçâmedes in southern Angola, in May 2014. Sogester Container Terminal has been operating at Port of Luanda, the primary port of Angola, since 2007.
  • Global Ports, Russia's largest terminal operating company, in which APM Terminals holds a co-controlling share, completed the acquisition of NCC, Russia's second-largest terminal operating company in December 2013.
  • In February 2013 APM Terminals and Turkish-based Petkim announced the finalization of plans to develop APM Terminals Izmir near the Port of Izmir, Turkey. The 15.5 meter deep facility opened in 2016 under a 28-year concession, with an initial annual throughput capacity of 1.5 million TEUs.

Current New Terminal Development

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In 2023, the company won a concession for building and operating a container terminal in the Port of Suape, Brazil.[7] Other projects:

Expansions and Upgrades of Existing Facilities

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Sustainability

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APM Terminals’ sustainability initiatives and performance are divided into four core areas: Health, Safety, and Security; Environment; Responsible Business; and Social Responsibility. Significant gains or new major initiatives have been achieved or implemented in each performance category.[according to whom?]

There were 141 Lost-Time Injuries (LTI) recorded in the APM Terminals operating portfolio in 2017[according to whom?]. This was the lowest number of LTI ever achieved by APM Terminals. The LTI frequency rate (LTIF) for the year was 1.62 per million man-hours worked, slightly higher than the 1.52 recorded in 2016. There were also three fatalities at APM Terminals facilities during the year. A new incident reporting tool was launched across all APM Terminals locations globally in the fourth quarter of 2017. The new tool greatly improves our ability to analyze our data and gain more insight into eliminating risk by utilizing data-driven decisions on where to focus attention going forward.[citation needed]

In 2018, we continue to work to improve our environmental performance specifically and to develop global environmental standards and guidelines. In the area of greenhouse gases and other emissions, APM Terminals has set a goal of a 25% reduction in CO
2 output, as measured from the base year of 2010. APM Terminals signed a two-year, €5 million ($6.23 million) contract with Amsterdam-based NV Nuon Energy for the supply of environmentally sustainable wind-generated electricity to power the new APM Terminals Maasvlakte II cranes and container handling equipment. The new deep-water terminal, which was officially inaugurated in April 2015, is the world's first container terminal to generate zero greenhouse gases and particulate emissions as compared with diesel-powered terminal machinery. The contract term began on January 1, 2015.[citation needed]

APM Terminals has embarked on a program to convert and retrofit more than 400 Rubber-Tire Gantry Cranes (RTGs) in use throughout the APM Terminals global port, terminal, and inland services network to a combination electric and diesel power as a measure to reduce both costs and emission of carbon dioxide (CO
2) from the current diesel-powered RTG fleet. RTGs, which are used to move loaded and unloaded containers at the terminals, are usually powered by diesel engines. The new power supply will be a combination of electricity and diesel, utilizing a busbar- a rail providing access to electrical power. Recent technological advances have made such a hybrid power option possible for RTGs. The use of E-RTGs will reduce CO
2 emissions by between 60-80% compared with conventional diesel-powered RTGs, which will result in overall terminal CO
2 emissions decreasing by 20% per TEU handled. The retro-fitting of the majority of the existing 400-unit APM Terminals RTG fleet will eliminate 70,000 tons of CO
2 emissions annually.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Annual Review of Global Container Terminal Operators 2018", Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd.
  2. ^ "What we do - APM Terminals". www.apmterminals.com. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  3. ^ "Climate change". www.maersk.com. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  4. ^ "Ports and Terminals | Container Port and Terminal | DP World". www.dpworld.com. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  5. ^ "The Case For Electrified Container Handling - APM Terminals". www.apmterminals.com. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  6. ^ "ZEPA – Zero Emission Port Alliance". www.zepalliance.com. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  7. ^ Labrut, Michele (2024-06-17). "APM Terminals to invest $45m in Suape infrastructure". www.seatrade-maritime.com.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2015-07-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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