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.
Commodity traders investing in Spanish port terminals
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2024 – Global commodity and trading companies have been investing in port terminals in Spain. Many traders are...
HHLA acquires majority stake in Roland Spedition, Austria
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has acquired a majority stake in Roland Spedition GmbH, one of the...
Romania would like to take a shareholding in Greece’s Gastrade
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Media reports suggest that the Romanian government would like to take a shareholding in...
TFG Marine to acquire Spanish bunkering company Vilma Oil Med
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – TFG Marine has agreed to acquire majority ownership of Spanish bunkering company Vilma Oil Med for an...
Cantiere Navale Vittoria seeks restructuring and buyer
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Cantiere Navale Vittoria, a shipbuilding company, has filed a restructuring plan with the Court of Rovigo....
Elian Barcelona completes acquisition of a soybean crushing plant
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 15, 2024 – Elian Barcelona S.L. has completed the acquisition of a soybean crushing plant at Moll Álvarez de la...
Complaint about HHLA-MSC deal sent to European Commission
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 15, 2024 – The plan for MSC to buy a 49.9% stake in Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) remains controversial....
Infrastructure funds complete minor shareholding in PSA Ita
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – FMV Industrial Infrastructure Fund I SCSp and TD Greystone Infrastructure Fund (Global Master) SCSp have...
DFDS to buy international transport network of Ekol Logistics
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS has agreed to buy the international transport network of...
Stena Line enters Mediterranean market
Gothenburg, Sweden (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – With the purchase of a 49% stake in Africa Morocco Link (AML), Stena Line enters the Mediterranean...
Deutsche Bahn wants to sell DB Schenker for €15 billion
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – Deutsche Bahn wants to sell its DB Schenker division for around €15 billion. Possible bidders include...
Russian company acquires part of Viterra’s Taman grain complex
Delivery by Sea (Dostavka Morem) holding became the indirect owner of more than 25% of Taman Grain Terminal Complex, which has a capacity of 5.5 million tonnes...
Snam takes 30% stake in Adriatic LNG
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2024 – Snam has exercised its right to increase its stake in Terminale GNL Adriatico S.r.l., from 7.3% to 30%....
Repsol and Bunge sign renewable fuel deal for port locations
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – Energy company Repsol will acquire 40% of three industrial facilities that are part of Bunge Iberica, one...
Konecranes acquires German Kocks Kranbau
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 3, 2024 – Konecranes has acquired German crane and service provider Kocks Kranbau, giving it access to new European...
VTTI, IKAV enter agreement to purchase Adriatic LNG
Rovigo, Italy (Ports Europe)- March 29, 2024 – VTTI, a global leader in energy storage and developer of energy infrastructure, and IKAV, an international...
MSC set to purchase Genoa newspaper “Il Secolo XIX”
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe)- March 28, 2024 – The Gedi publisher has announced the signing of a preliminary agreement with the MSC group to sell the Il...