Q&A: APM's proposal to take over ports

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By Gavin van Marle

02/07/2012

More weird stuff is happening on the US east coast. It wasn’t so long ago that APM Terminals leased its state-of-the-art automated terminal in Virginia to the Virginia Ports Authority. Now it has offered to take over operations at Hampton Roads for the next 48 years. What’s on the table; who’s worried; and what happens next are all succinctly answered, while here you can read the reason for APMT’s change of heart.

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