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.
Italian government wants to bring forward Ilva Steelworks sale
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) October 22, 2024 – Adolfo Urso, Minister for Business and Made in Italy, wants to bring forward the sale of the former Ilva...
Trafigura acquires 50% of Meroil Tank in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Singapore-based Trafigura, a global commodities trader, has acquired 50% of Meroil Tank SL in the Port...
Konecranes acquires Peinemann subsidiaries in Rotterdam port
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Finland’s Konecranes will acquire Rotterdam-based Peinemann Port Services BV and Peinemann...
Boluda acquires Finnish towage company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering
Kokkula, Finland (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – Boluda has acquired the Finnish company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering (YHB), a family-owned company based in...
Cambiaso Risso enters the capital of Marittima Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) October 13, 2024 – The Genoese shipping and insurance broker and shipping agency Cambiaso Risso entered the capital of the...
Italian press comments on HHLA-MSC merger
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – Last week, the European Commission in Brussels said that the planned merger between MSC and HHLA did not...
EU Commission approves MSC’s entry into HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 7, 2024 – In a statement, the European Commission in Brussels said that the planned merger between MSC and HHLA...
Port of La Spezia acquires share in Cepim Interporto di Parma
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The Authority for the Port System of the Eastern Ligurian Sea has received the green light from the...
Port of Venice acquires ERF shares
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the North Adriatic Sea Port System Authority (AdSPMAS) has approved the...
11th attempt to sell Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi port failed
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The 11th attempt to sеll Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi...
Cantieri di Pisa, T Mariotti enter yacht partnership
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 29, 2024 – Shipbuilders Cantieri di Pisa and T Mariotti have entered into a partnership to build large yachts. This...
Gruppo Cavazzana takes over Cantiere Navale Vittoria
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2024 – Roberto Cavazzana has acquired Cantiere Navale Vittoria at auction. Cavazzana was acting on behalf of...
Grimaldi completes acquisition of 67% of Heraklion Port Authority
Heraklion, Crete, Greece, (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Naples-based Grimaldi Group has completed the acquisition of 67% of the capital of...
Denmark’s DSV set to acquire DB Schenker
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 13, 2024 – The Danish logistics company DSV is set to acquire the rail logistics arm of German state railway...
ISLA acquires Sicilian port terminal operator EST
Catania, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – Palermo-based Italian Shipping & Logistics Agency (ISLA) has acquired Catania-based...
MSC’s Medlog acquires Maritime Transport of the UK
Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Road and rail freight logistics company Maritime Transport has been purchased by MEDLOG S.A., part...
Nawaf Salameh acquires Octogon Gas & Logistics Terminal in Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Romanian businessman Nawaf Salameh, the owner of Alexandrion Group, has acquired the Octogon Gas...
Hamburg parliament approves MSC stake in HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Yesterday evening, the Hamburg Parliament gave its final approval to the Mediterranean Shipping...
Concession agreement signed for development of Marina of Pylos
Pylos, Greece (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – The concession agreement for the development of the Marina of Pylos has been signed between Pylos Marina...
Fusina Ro-Ro, Ro-pax terminal in Porto Marghera will soon for sale
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – The Fusina Ro-Ro, Ro-pax terminal in Porto Marghera, managed by Venice Ro-Port Mos, will soon be put up...