Our history

• 1948

  Ports developed or acquired by the private railway companies are passed to the British Transport Commission on nationalisation

• 1950

  Research and development arm established to support the needs of the Ports. Hydraulics laboratory centred in Southall, Hayes

• 1962

  British Transport Docks Board (BTDB) forms a government-owned body to manage various ports throughout Great Britain formerly owned by the rail industry

• 1981

  The Transport Act provides for BTDB's privatisation. BTDB renamed Associated British Ports (ABP). Associated British Ports Holdings Ltd is created to oversee ABP as a subsidiary

• 1982

  ABP becomes a public limited company quoted on the London Stock Exchange

• 1985

  ABP Research and Consultancy Ltd created

• 1992

  Relocation of hydraulics laboratory to ABP Southampton

• 2002

  Company rebrands as ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) to better reflect its core services

• 2005

  Relocation of facilities to Town Quay, Southampton

• 2006

  ABP acquired by Admiral Acquisitions. The company is de-listed from the London Stock Exchange. ABPmer remains a wholly owned subsidiary of ABP Holdings Limited

• 2012

  Relocation to larger facilities in Town Quay to enable ongoing growth

• 2020

  ABPmer celebrates its 70th anniversary providing services to the marine sector

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ABPmer provides marine consultancy support to organisations around the globe; for over 70 years we have been advising clients and undertaking applied research.

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