APM Terminals has a network of more than 40 ports that keeps global trade moving. Our ports connect world markets and makes international transportation both affordable and efficient for our customers. But most important, our ports create jobs that improve local and regional economies.

Our team of 18,000 talented colleagues spans the globe to serve our customers. Our customers represent 60 of the world's leading container ship lines who shipped 24 million containers (Twenty-foot equivalent units-TEU) through our terminals in 2005. They rely on our team to handle their vessels and containers with the highest standards in safety, security, efficiency and productivity to deliver cargo on-time, every time.

With world headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, APM Terminals is an independent company within the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, with an independent board and operating common user terminals for all container ship lines. Our core business is the ownership, operation and management of container terminals. We also perform stevedoring, value-added services, free trade zone development and act as a Port Authority in some locations.