News / Hutchison completes takeover of APMT's Rotterdam facility after 18 months

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Hutchison Port Holdings is set to complete its acquisition of APM Terminals’ APMTR facility in Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte Delta area.

The deal means Hong Kong-headquartered Hutchison now controls the vast majority of the terminal capacity in the Maasvlakte I (Delta) area, while APMT will focus on its highly automated facility on the Maasvlakte II area, also home to the DP World-led Rotterdam World Gateway terminal.

The deal, announced in December 2019, needed approval from both Dutch competition authorities and labour unions, and today Rolf ...