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APM Terminals sells own container terminal in Virginiums to Alinda Capital Partners and Universities Superannuation Scheme
Christian Moller Laursen: for next the 16 years we would have been not operating lessors of the structure
July 22, 2014
Terminalista society Dutch APM Terminals, that it takes part of shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk, has yielded APM Terminals Virginia, own container terminal of Portsmouth, in Virginiums, to affiliated of trusts managed from Alinda Capital Partners and Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd. (USS). According to the forecasts, the transaction will be capacity to term in the third trimester of this year and the terminal will be renamed Virginia International Gateway.
APM Terminals had inaugurated the terminal of Portsmouth in 2007 ( on April 20, 2004 and 7 september 2007). In the 2010 Dutch company it had transferred the management of the harbour system to Virginia Port Authority ( on 14 May and 25 june 2010). In the 2012 APM Terminals it had advanced, without success, an offer in order to manage the main terminals of the port American ( on 24 May 2012)
"We have decided to sell our terminal of Portsmouth - the financial director of APM Terminals has explained, Christian Moller Laursen - because for next the 16 years we would have been not operating lessors of the structure in confronts of Commonwealth of the Virginiums".
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