A direct current cable termination apparatus for terminating a high voltage direct current cable, the apparatus comprises a current-carrying device comprising a terminal portion of the direct current cable, the cable at least comprising an electrical conductor, a circumferential electrically insulating layer located outside of the electrical conductor, and a circumferential conductive shield located outside of the insulating layer and the electrical conductor, a housing comprising a tubular outer shell with an inner periphery, the outer shell defining a longitudinal axis (x-x) and being formed by an electrically insulating and polymer-containing material, the current-carrying device being adapted to extend in the axial direction of the outer shell, along at least a part of the axial extension of the current-carrying device the outer shell extends axially with a space between its inner periphery and the current-carrying device, the housing is adapted to separate the space from an atmosphere outside the outer shell, wherein the apparatus comprises a partition (122; 222; 322) which separates the space into a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber is filled with an electrically insulating first fluid and the second chamber is filled with an electrically insulating second fluid other than the first fluid, the first fluid comprises an electrically insulating gas and the second fluid comprises a liquid filler, the conductive shield terminates inside the second chamber, and at least one electric field control member is located within the second chamber in the proximity of and spaced apart from the termination of the conductive shield. a current-carrying device comprising a terminal portion of the direct current cable, the cable at least comprising an electrical conductor, a circumferential electrically insulating layer located outside of the electrical conductor, and a circumferential conductive shield located outside of the insulating layer and the electrical conductor, a housing comprising a tubular outer shell with an inner periphery, the outer shell defining a longitudinal axis (x-x) and being formed by an electrically insulating and polymer-containing material, the current-carrying device being adapted to extend in the axial direction of the outer shell, along at least a part of the axial extension of the current-carrying device the outer shell extends axially with a space between its inner periphery and the current-carrying device, the housing is adapted to separate the space from an atmosphere outside the outer shell, wherein the apparatus comprises a partition (122; 222; 322) which separates the space into a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber is filled with an electrically insulating first fluid and the second chamber is filled with an electrically insulating second fluid other than the first fluid, the first fluid comprises an electrically insulating gas and the second fluid comprises a liquid filler, the conductive shield terminates inside the second chamber, and at least one electric field control member is located within the second chamber in the proximity of and spaced apart from the termination of the conductive shield.