APM Terminals and CMA CGM Sign Agreements
in Dunkirk, France and Mobile, Alabama


July 9, 2010

The Hague, Netherlands and Marseilles, France - APM Terminals and CMA CGM are pleased to announce new terminal agreements in Dunkirk, Northern France and Mobile, Alabama, USA.

In the port of Dunkirk, Northern France, Terminal Link, CMA CGM’s subsidiary dedicated to container terminal investment, has increased its shares in Nord France Terminal International o.u. (NFTI) from 30% to 91% through the acquisition of APM Terminals 61% share. The other 9% remain owned by the Port Authority of Dunkirk.

NFTI operates a container terminal with modern super post-panamax gantry cranes providing its customers with direct road, rail and barge access to Northern France, Paris region and Central Europe. The port is an attractive operational choice for shipping lines with no deviation from the main shipping lane in the English Channel, combined with a natural deepwater port.

CMA CGM is today the main customer of NFTI operating four regular services to Dunkirk: the North Europe French West Indies (NEFWI), the French Asia Line 3 (FAL3), the Panama Direct (PAD service) and the Europe/Morocco service.

In the port of Mobile, Alabama, APM Terminals increased its shares in Mobile Container Terminal LLC (MCT) from 80% to 100% through the acquisition of Terminal Link’s 20% share.

The state-of-the-art Gulf Coast gateway opened November 6, 2008. At the intersection of five Class 1 Railroads, immediate access to Interstates 10 and 65, and located 30 miles from open ocean, MCT offers an enhanced option in the US Gulf for reaching Midwest markets, as well as Alabama and neighboring states. MCT, operated and managed by APM Terminals, has a capacity of +350,000 TEU and will be developed in phases to a full build out capacity of 800,000 TEU annually.

Services calling Mobile are CMA CGM’s Pacific Express 3 (PEX3), ZIM's Gulf Express and Maersk Line’s TA2 Service and Expresso Service.

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