APM Terminals Nigeria Limited
APM Terminals Nigeria Limited with corporate headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, is one of the world’s leading global container terminal owners and operators, with a Global Terminal Network of more than 50 terminals in 35 countries and five continents, serving more than 60 container shipping lines around the world.
APM Terminals offers the global shipping community a geographically balanced, integrated Global Port, Terminal and Inland Services Network which includes interests in 61 ports and terminals in 33 countries with 16 new terminal development or expansion projects underway, along with 132 Inland Services locations in 48 countries. Staffed by 24,000 professionals across 63 countries and spanning five continents, they serve every major trade lane with a truly global presence, providing their customers with the most advanced terminal technology, equipment and operations in the industry.
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APM Terminals Apapa is the largest container terminal operator in West Africa commissioned on the 19th of June 2008. The modernized Apapa Container Terminal, part of the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network was handed over to APM Terminals Apapa Ltd through privatisation
APM Terminals invested over $75 million in Apapa terminal modernization and expansion, including the delivery of four reconditioned Panamax gantry cranes, doubling the facility’s terminal handling capacity which lead to the growth of vessel calls and monthly container traffic .
Improved productivity after the hand over has enabled APM Terminals Apapa to eliminate container vessel waiting times, resulting in shipping lines ending congestion surcharges. The savings to the Nigerian economy has amounted to USD 200 million per year since APM Terminals assumed operational control o the facility. APM Terminals also operates the West Africa Container Terminal at the Nigerian Port of Onne with the aim of taking a lead at the Lekki project
APM Terminals has been a major part of the development of the container shipping industry, and it is a role and responsibility they do not take lightly. Originating as Maersk Line’s terminal operating arm, APM Terminals was established as an independent division within the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 2001, moving its corporate offices from Copenhagen to The Hague in 2004, and reporting results as a separate business entity within the Group as of 2008.
The company’s history in terminal operations began more than half a century ago with a general cargo facility at the Port of New York in 1958. Its heritage dates back through Sea-Land and the very first international container operations when the Sea-Land Fairland was loaded with 236 containers bound for Rotterdam at Port Elizabeth. Since then, containerization and steadily growing maritime trade has played an increasingly important role in the world economy and APM Terminals is proud to have been at the vanguard of the industry, providing the essential port infrastructure required for the handling of all seaborne cargoes and ongoing global economic development.
APM Terminal’s headoffice in Nigeria is at APM Terminals Apapa,Apapa Lagos,Nigeria.
