“More recently, APM Terminals was named the preferred bidder for a new container facility in Vancouver, and construction was started on a new terminal in Cai Mep, Vietnam.”

Mr Boyd says APM is particularly proud of its Virginia facility, the largest privately-owned container terminal in the US, for its “precedent-setting environmental considerations, which we plan to expand upon in future projects”.

Africa will be an area of future growth for APM Terminals, says Mr Boyd, with the focus this year on the formal commissioning of the Apapa Container Terminal in Nigeria, after extensive renovation and refitting over the past year.