Other Businesses

ABP Property

Our property division brings together an unrivalled land bank spanning 21 multi-modal locations around the country, with 960 hectares of port-based development land.

ABPmer

Drawing on 60 years of experience, ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) provides specialist marine environmental research and consultancy services.

UK Dredging

UK Dredging (UKD) operates the largest British-owned dredging fleet and specialises in the provision of reliable and cost effective port maintenance dredging services.

ABP is pleased to announce the appointment of Henrik L. Pedersen as its new Chief Executive

Mr. Pedersen joins ABP from APM Terminals, a key business within A.P. Moller-Maersk, where he has served as Chief Commercial Officer since January 2017. Mr. Pedersen has 20 years of experience in a wide range of senior leadership roles across A.P. Moller-Maersk businesses worldwide.

Mr. Pedersen will take up his role as Chief Executive in August 2018.

Henrik L. Pedersen Chief Executive

“With ABP handling around 25% of the UK’s seaborne trade, making sure the business can continue to develop and grow is vitally important for our customers and the wider UK economy.

“It’s an immensely exciting challenge and I look forward to working with everyone at ABP to achieve that goal.”

Dr. Phil Nolan ABP Chairman

“We are all very much looking forward to welcoming Henrik on board.

“Henrik brings with him a wealth of experience and we are confident that under his leadership ABP will continue to go from strength to strength.”

“We are deeply grateful to James for his outstanding contribution to the business and wish him every success for the future.”