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 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...
Verdi organises demonstration against proposed MSC-HHLA deal
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – Last Saturday, the German trade union Verdi organised a demonstration in Hamburg against the planned...
Update: BMF Port Burgas vs Romanian government for Moldova’s Giurgiulesti Port
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Romanian government approved on August 28 the start of negotiations with the European Bank for...
Update: Romania wants to buy Moldova’s Giurgiulesti port from EBRD
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Romanian government has approved the start of negotiations with the European Bank for...
Romania, Turkey, Netherlands, Denmark firms interested in EBRD’s Giurgiulesti port
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The state-owned part of landlocked Moldova’s only port of Giurgiulesti on the Danube River...
Rimorchiatori sardi to take over Moby concessions in Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 28, 2024 – Rimorchiatori Sardi will take over the towage concessions held by Moby Spa in the ports where...