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APM Terminals' Recent Developments

• In February 2013 APM Terminals and Turkish-based Petkim announced the finaization of plans to develop the Aegean Gateway Terminal at the Port of Izmir, Turkey. The 15.5 meter deep facility is scheduled to open in 2015 under a 28-year concession, with an initial annual throughput capacity of 1.5 million TEUs.

• APM Terminals was named "International Terminal Operator of the Year" at the Containerisation International 2012 Awards luncheon, in London, October 18, 2012.

• APM Terminals was named "Port Operator of the Year" at the Lloyd's List 2012 Global Awards Gala, in London, September 26, 2012.

• On September 10 APM Terminals announced the acquisition of a 37.5% stake in Global Ports, Russia's largest box terminal operator, with the transaction to be finalized by the end of the year. APM Terminals will become a partner in the existing Global Ports container terminals in St. Petersburg and Vostochny Port, as well as container terminals in Helsinki and Kotka, Finland and an Oil Terminal in Tallinn, Estonia.

• On August 1 APM Terminals formally signed the 32-year concession contract awarded in 2011 by the Port Authority of the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas (APILAC) for the design, financing,construction, operation, and maintenance of a new specialized container terminal on Mexico's pacific coast.

• On June 15 APM Terminals signed an agreement with the Ningbo Port Group for a 25% share in a joint venture to develop and operate three new berths at the Meishan Container Terminal in China's third-largest container port

• On February 13 a "Heads of Terms" agreement was signed for the operation of a new container terminal to be constructed at Aliağa, Turkey near the City of Izmir on the Aegean Coast with Turkish-based Petkim Petrokimya Holding A.Ş. ("Petkim"); further negotiations are in progress.

• On January 21 APM Terminals was presented with The Gerald H. Halpin Safety Excellence Award for 2010–2011 by the Signal Mutual Indemnity Association in recognition of the Signal Member company which has best exemplified the promotion of employee safety and health throughout their organization; The Halpin Award is presented only for exceptional safety performance and achievement.

• On January 4 APM Terminals assumed formal management and operational control of Skandia Container Terminal, now operating as APM Terminals Gothenburg, Sweden.

• APM Terminals Chennai, Ltd., part of APM Terminals Inland Services operations in India, was named "Container Freight Station of the Year" at the India Maritime Week Gateway Awards of Excellence ceremony in January.

• In December 2011 APM Terminals was named the winner of a 32-year concession to design, build and operate a new deep-water terminal (TEC2) at the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas, on the Pacific coast of Mexico.

• APM Terminals was awarded the Skandia Container Terminal Concession at the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden. Gothenburg, with container throughput of 800,000 TEUs in 2010 is the busiest containerport in Scandinavia.In January 2012 operations will begin under APM Terminals Gothenburg.

• APM Terminals acquired an 80% share in Poti Sea Port, Georgia, located on Georgia's Black Sea coast. The shares were purchased from the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) of the United Arab Emirates.

• Operations began at Terminal Muelle Norte in the Port of Callao, (now APM Terminals Callao) the largest containerport on the West Coast of South America under a 25-year concession agreement.

• In March 2011 APM Terminals was awarded a 33-year concession for the development and management of the new Moin Container Terminal at Port Moin, Limón, Costa Rica.

• APM Terminals CEO Kim Fejfer was appointed to the Executive Board of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, the parent company of APM Terminals, in January 2011.

• A 25-year concession agreement was concluded between APM Terminals and the Government of Liberia for the modernization and operation of the Port of Monrovia. This will be the first 100% APM Terminals ownership of a facility in Africa. Operations began on February 1, 2011.

• APM Terminals has taken a 50% shareholding in Brasil Terminal Portuário, (BTP), a company created for the construction and operation of a new container terminal at the Port of Santos, Brazil. The 2.2 million TEU annual capacity facility with a depth of 15 meters is scheduled to be operational by mid-2013.

• At the Port of Aarhus, Denmark, the APM Terminals Aarhus facility and the adjacent Cargo Service terminal will be merged into a single port complex with one contiguous deepwater berth and set of gates, optimizing operational synergies of improved use of land, equipment and buildings. The new company will be called APM Terminals Cargo Service A/S.

• APM Terminals assumed full ownership of Mobile Container Terminal, at the Port of Mobile, Alabama USA in July in a transaction with French-based CMA-CGM terminal operating division Terminal Link, which acquired APM Terminals’ majority holding of the Nord France Terminal International (NFTI) at the Port of Dunkirk.

• The Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) announced a terminal expansion project in December 2009, including a 460-meter (1,509 ft) extension of the quay, which will increase annual container throughout capacity to 2 million TEUs when fully completed and equipped. With planned quayside depth of 17 meters (56 ft) and a wharf length of 1,000 meters (3,281 ft), Jordan's sole container port will become an increasingly important shipping hub for the Middle East and Levant.

• On October 16, 2009 APM Terminals officially opened a new EUR 12.5 million power distribution network at the APM Terminals Rotterdam facility . Energy required for 13 gantry cranes, 2,250 refrigerated container units, lighting and other needs is now supplied by wind-powered electricity generation, reducing CO₂ emissions at the terminal by 45% per year. The electricity is sourced from two locally constructed windmill farms at Hagenwind in Aalten and De Landtong in Rotterdam. APM Terminals Rotterdam, one of the busiest terminals in Europe, and the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network, has a throughput capacity of 2.7 million TEUs annually.

• The new Africa, Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Regional Head Office was opened in Dubai in September 2009 to provide leadership and management support for the company's very diverse regional interests. The activities in 13 ports in the region include services to container shipping lines, bulk, general cargo and cruise line operators. APM Terminals is also a provider of marine services and acts as a port authority. The service offerings include rail services, training centers with state‐of‐the‐art crane simulators, and real estate leasing of offices and warehousing around the ports.

• In July 2009 new rail shuttle service was introduced from the Port of Aarhus to the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The new service offers shippers a five hour transit time and frequency of up to three departures a week.

• APM Terminals announced in May 2009 that it will participate with the Bolloré Africa Logistics consortium which has been selected to develop a new deepwater container terminal at the Port of Pointe Noire in the Republic of the Congo. Plans call for expanding the current 17 hectares (42 acres) facility to 38 hectares (94 acres) with the annual throughput capacity of 300,000 TEUs to be doubled within eight years. The new terminal will be able to accommodate vessels as large as 7000 TEU capacity.

• In April 2009 APM Terminals Bahrain opened the new 1 million TEU capacity Bahrain Gateway facility at Khalifa bin Salman Port, adjacent to the new Bahrain Logistics Zone, with four post-Panamax cranes with 18-stack outreach, 1,800 meters (5,906 ft) of berth and a 15-meter (49 ft) draft.

• The 350,000 TEU Mobile Container Terminal opened on November 6, 2008 in the Port of Mobile, Alabama, USA. A joint venture between APM Terminals, Terminal Link, a division of CMA CGM, and the Alabama State Port Authority, the new facility represents an investment of $300 million USD. Plans call for the expansion of the terminal to 800,000 TEU capacity.

• APM Terminals assumed operational and management responsibility for Ceará Terminal Operator (CTO) the stevedoring and container terminal operating company at the Port of Pecém, in Northern Brazil in April 2008. APM Terminals is the majority shareholder of the enterprise, with Unilink Transportes Integrados, of Brazil, holding the minority stake. The terminal provides stevedoring services to MSC, Maersk Line, Mercosul, CCL and Maruba among other shipping lines and local customers. Overall container throughput for the facility is projected at 100,000 TEU annually.

• In April 2008 a $112 USD contract between Cai Mep International Terminal Co., Ltd. and a Joint Venture between major Korean Contractors, POSCO EC and SAMWHAN Corporation for construction of a new 1.1 million TEU capacity container terminal located in the Ba Ria‐Vũng Tàu Province, southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Cai Mep International Terminal Co., Ltd. was established in 2007 as a joint venture between the Vietnam‐based Saigon Port, Vietnam National Shipping Lines and APM Terminals. The new facility began operations in the first quarter of 2011.

• APM Terminals North America celebrated a clean sweep of the 2007 Pacific Maritime Association Safety Awards, announced in April 2008. APM Terminals Tacoma, APM Terminals Pier 400 (Los Angeles) and APM Terminals Oakland were each recognized at the 59th Annual PMA Safety Awards celebrations in their respective U.S. West Coast PMA regions. APM Terminals Oakland won First Place in the Class C container group category at the PMA Northern California Area Safety Awards, and also was recognized for achievement in reduction of the Lost Time Rate in 2007. APM Terminals Pier 400 won the First Place Safety Award in the Class "A" Container Terminal Operator category for Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbors. The facility also won the First Place Group "A" Container Companies Coast Award, and received a Coast Accident Prevention Award for a Reduction in Injury Rate Three Consecutive Years and an Area Award for Reduced Injury/Illness Rate for 2007. APM Terminals Tacoma won the First Place Safety Award in the Class C container category for the Washington State Area, as well as the 2nd place Coast Award in the Class C container category for Accident Prevention.

• In February 2008 the Junta de Andalucía, the government of the Spanish Autonomous Community of Andalucía, has honored APM Terminals with the 2008 Andalucía Flag Award in recognition of its "success in bringing social and economic progress" to the region. APM Terminals Algeciras, located in Andalucía's Bay of Algeciras on the Straits of Gibraltar, is the largest container terminal on the Mediterranean.