APM Terminals Bahrain has announced the appointment of Matthew Luckhurst as its new managing director effective July 2, 2023. He takes over from Chief Financial Officer and interim Managing Director Farooq Zuberi who assumed the role after the previous Managing Director resigned for personal reasons. Luckhurst joins APM Terminals from his current role as Vice President for Container Shipping at Milaha, based in Qatar.

His previous roles include Vice President of Bahri Logistics in Saudi Arabia and Managing Director United Africa Feeder Line out of Mauritius. Additionally, Luckhurst held multiple roles with P&O Nedlloyd and Maersk Line, across East Africa, Indonesia, Korea and Japan, as well as a short role with Kuehne & Nagel in Kenya.