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.
Delo Group purchases stake in Global Ports from APM Terminals
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 13, 2022 – The Delo Group has completed purchase of a 30.75% stake in Russia’s Global Ports from...
Adani, Gadot venture delay payment for Haifa port privatisation
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) September 13, 2022 – The Adani-Gadot venture will delay payment for Haifa port privatisation until November. The Israeli...
Deutsche Bahn plans to sell DB Schenker
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) September 12, 2022 – Deutsche Bahn plans to sell DB Schenker according to press reports in Germany. DB Schenker is the...
Four groups prequalify in privatisation of Megayacht Marina in Corfu
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2022 – Four groups have pre-qualified in the privatisation of the Megayacht Marina in Corfu. This is the...
CMA CGM to buy French newspaper La Provence
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 2, 2022 – CMA CGM head Rodolphe Saade is set to buy the French regional newspaper La Provence. Based in...
APM Terminals divests its share in Russia’s Global Ports
The Hague, Netherlands (Ports Europe) August 29, 2022 – A.P. Moller-Maersk’s APM Terminals has agreed to sell its share in Russia’s Global Ports...
Rosatom takes stake in Delo Group
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 11, 2022 – The Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, ROSATOM, has exercised an option to increase its equity stake...
RFI acquires rail assets in the port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) August 4, 2022 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has acquired the rail assets of the port of Gioia Tauro in the Calabria...
Greece sets deadlines for regional port privatisation
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 15, 2022 – Greece has set deadlines for regional port privatisation which include the ports of Alexandroupolis and...
Israel has sold Haifa Port to joint venture of Adani Ports and Gadot
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) July 15, 2022 – Israel has sold Haifa Port to a joint venture of India’s Adani Ports and Gadot group. The value is...
Global Ports and MSC end takeover talks
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 12, 2022 – Global Ports Holding has published an announcement saying talks between it and MSC...
Itelyum acquires waste management companies from Triestine Crismani
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2022 – Itelyum, which operates in the management, recycling and valorisation of industrial waste, has acquired three...
HHLA and EUROGATE to delay cooperation talks
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) July 4, 2022 – The European terminal operators HHLA and EUROGATE have agreed to delay any talks on further cooperation....
Four groups are interested in privatisation of Megayacht Marina in Corfu
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) June 27, 2022 – Four groups have indicated an “expression of interest” in the privatisation of the Megayacht...
Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund acquires a “significant” share in the two largest terminals of port of Burgas
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) June 21, 2022 – A significant, non-majority share in the BMF Port Burgas terminals operator in Bulgaria’s second...
MSC interested in acquiring Global Ports Holding
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) June 16, 2022 – Global Ports Holding has published an announcement confirming that MSC Mediterranean Shipping...
Italy’s Rimorchiatori Mediterranei acquires companies in Singapore
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 29, 2022 – Italy’s Rimorchiatori Mediterranei will acquire Keppel Smit Towage Private Limited (KST) and MAJU, in...