UK: Smith takes a risk on his ship coming in at ABP.

The City reckons Britain's biggest port operator isn't pulling its weight. New managing director Andrew Smith is betting his job, says Joe Alexander, that he can come up with the answers.

No one can accuse Andrew Smith, Associated British Ports' new managing director, of shirking a challenge. He joined the UK's biggest ports operator just as the City ran out of patience with it. And he took on the big job - its all-important strategic review.