Mergers/Acquisition/Privatisation
Mergers/Acquisition/Privatisation describes the consolidation of companies or assets through various types of financial transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, state privatisation, consolidations, tender offers, purchase of assets, and management acquisitions. Also includes port privatisation and port concessions which include equity holdings.
Grimaldi completes purchase of Port of Heraklion
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) July 26, 2024 – The Deputy Minister of Shipping, Stefanos Gikas, has reported that 67% of the shares of the Heraklion Port...
MSC & two Belgian firms to takeover inland Port of Limburg
Genk, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – The Swiss logistics group MSC, Henri Essers en Zonen Internationaal Transport and Machiels (JM Recycling)...
Management buyout could save Cantiere Navale Vittoria
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – Earlier this year, Cantiere Navale Vittoria, a shipbuilding company, filed a restructuring plan with the...
DP World & Evyap Group merge to create new trade hub, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 19, 2024 – DP World and Evyap Group have merged port assets in the Sea of Marmara to create a new international...
Login Delo to acquire Korsakov Commercial Sea Port, Sakhalin
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – Login Delo LLC has agreed to acquire 64.26% of the shares in the Korsakov Commercial Sea Port (KMTP) on...
EU Commission receives complaint on HHLA-MSC deal
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – Norbert Hackbusch, speaker on ports for the “die Linke” political party, has submitted a...
Noatum is in advanced discussions to acquire Grupo Algeposa
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – Port operator Noatum is in advanced discussions to acquire Grupo Algeposa, a railway and maritime logistics...
Cantieri di Puglia to take over Belleli year in Port of Taranto
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Cantieri di Puglia has signed an agreement with the Ferretti group, to take over its project to build a new...
Global Ports recommends takeover by Global Yatirim Holding
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Global Ports Holding PLC has agreed to be bought by its largest shareholder Global Yatirim Holding...
Royal Boskalis acquires remaining shares in Smit Lamnalco
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – Royal Boskalis B.V. has signed an agreement to acquire all remaining shares (50%) in Smit...
Workers support move to MSC from Wartsila in Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 9, 2024 – Most workers at the Wartsila plant in Trieste support a move to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A....
Marsa Maroc takes full control of Port of Agadir
Agadir, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – Marsa Maroc has increased its shareholding in subsidiary Société De Manutention d’Agadir from 51%...
Port of La Spezia invests in Cepim
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSPMLO – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
DOF Group, AP Moller set up Maersk Offshore Wind
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – Norway’s DOF Group and AP Moller Holding, via Maersk Supply Service, will set up Maersk Offshore...
MSC takes stake in Genoa airport
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) June 27, 2024 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. has purchased a 15% stake in Aeroporto di Genova S.p.A. (Christopher...
Euroports announces change in shareholder structure
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 26, 2024 – Euroports has announced a change in shareholder structure. PMV and SFPIM will acquire part of...
Iberia Tankstorage has acquired Deposa in the Port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Iberia Tankstorage has acquired Depósitos Portuarios (Deposa), a company located in the port of Bilbao,...
Hamburg Parliament to hold public hearing on HHLA-MSC proposal
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) June 20, 2024 – The Budget Committee of the Hamburg Parliament will hold a public hearing today on the proposed...
A1 Yacht Transport Consortium to manage Argostoli Marina
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) June 17, 2024 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has accepted an improved offer submitted by A1 Yacht...
Russia’s Suek sells port assets
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 17, 2024 – The Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK), the largest coal mining company in Russia, has sold all its port...