Yes you use Disk Utility. Once a drive is formatted APFS, when you select the Container in Disk Utility a +/- icon will be enabled on the tool bar. Selecting a plus will create a new partition and minus will delete a partition.
Nomenclature correction: Selecting "+/-" will create or delete a volume, not a partition, i.e. container.
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