type private predecessor british transport commission btc 1947 british transport docks board btdb 1962 headquarters london uk number of employees 2 432 1 website www.abports.co.uk associated british ports holdings ltd owns and operates 21 ports in the united kingdom managing around 25 per cent of the uk s sea borne trade . the company s activities cover transport haulage and terminal operations ship s agency dredging and marine consultancy . contents 1 history 2 ports 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit queen alexandra house cardiff bay ports formerly owned by rail and canal companies were nationalised in 1947 by clement attlee s post second world war labour government . the commission was split in 1962 by the transport act 1962 ; the british transport docks board btdb was formed in 1962 as a government owned body to manage various ports throughout great britain . 1 in 1981 the conservative government of margaret thatcher implemented the transport act 1981 which provided for the btdb s privatisation . 2 because of btdb s statutory powers as a harbour operator a straightforward conversion to limited company status was impractical . instead btdb was renamed as associated british ports abp and a limited company associated british ports holdings ltd was created with the same powers in law over abp as a holding company has over a subsidiary . in 1983 the british government allowed the company to become a public limited company quoted on the london stock exchange . the company was taken over by a consortium of companies in 2006 and in august of that year the company was de listed from the london stock exchange . in 2002 abp bought hams hall distribution park in the west midlands from e.on . in 2006 a consortium led by goldman sachs offered 2.795 billion for the company . 3 as of 2010 the consortium known as admiral owns the business . 4 tugboat englishman from associated british ports at the celebrations of the diamond jubilee of elizabeth ii on 4 june 2012 at the humber bridge hessle east riding of yorkshire . from 2006 until 2015 the company was owned by a consortium consisting of gs infrastructure partners borealis infrastructure gic and prudential . 5 in march 2015 anchorage ports llp an investment consortium led by the canadian pension plan investment board and hermes infrastructure acquired a 33.3 % interest in the business . in addition the kuwait investment authority also purchased a 10 % interest in the company . as a result of these transactions the shareholdings in the group holding company as of 2015 were 33.3 % owned by borealis infrastructure 33.3 % by anchorage ports llp 23.3 % by cheyne walk investment pte. ltd a nominated investment vehicle of gic and 10 % by the kuwait investment authority . 6 ports edit abph manages the following ports ayr port of barrow barry docks cardiff docks fleetwood garston goole port of grimsby hams hall port of hull port of immingham ipswich dock king s lynn port of lowestoft newport docks plymouth port talbot docks silloth port of southampton port of swansea teignmouth troon see also edit nautical portal other port operators in the uk include peel ports mersey docks and harbour company peninsular and oriental group aka p & o group pd ports forth ports references edit a b transportation infrastructure associated british ports holdings plc. investing.businessweek.com . retrieved 23 january 2013 . revised statute from the uk statute law database transport act 1981 www.opsi.gov.uk . retrieved 23 january 2013 . 2.795 billion takeover offer for associated british ports holdings plc 21 july 2006 www.ogier.com . retrieved 23 january 2013 . ownership of abp www.abports.co.uk archived 10 march 2010 at the wayback machine . company history . abp . retrieved 8 september 2014 . sale of various shareholdings in abp jersey ltd . financial times . rns . 8 july 2015 . retrieved 19 july 2016 . external links edit associated british port holdings ltd v t e associated british ports ayr barrow barry cardiff fleetwood garston goole port of grimsby hams hall distribution park port of hull port of immingham ipswich dock king s lynn lowestoft newport plymouth port talbot tilbury container services silloth port of southampton swansea teignmouth troon retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title associated british ports & oldid 740454027 categories companies formerly listed on the london stock exchangetransport operators of the united kingdomport operating companiesomersbritish companies established in 1981holding companies of the united kingdomhidden categories articles with wayback machine linksuse dmy dates from june 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page 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