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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.

P&O Ports bid for Novi Sad port privatisation is not valid

Novi Sad, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – The bid placed by P&O Ports in a tender for the privatisation of Luka Novi Sad, the operator of Novi...

P&O Ports places sole bid in Luka Novi Sad privatisation tender

Novi Sad, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – P&O Port Dubai has pleced the sole bid in a tender for the privatisation of inland port Luka Novi...

Kotug, Boskalis to sell towage business to Spain’s Boluda

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Dutch companies Kotug International and Royal Boskalis Westminster NV have announced the signing of a letter...

Alexandroupolis port seeks new law to promote concession-based future

Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – The President of the Port Authority of Alexandroupolis, Christos Doukas, together with the...

Hyundai, CMA CGM may team up to manage Isla Verde zone of Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – South Korean business conglomerate Hyundai, which controls phase A of Isla Verde zone of Algeciras port,...

DP World acquires the holding company of P&O Ferries and P&O Ferrymasters

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Dubai-owned DP World PLC has announced the acquisition of the holding company of P&O...

Bulgaria to offer concessions for Black Sea and Danube River ports in 2020

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Bulgaria will launch concession tenders for its largest Black Sea and Danube River ports in 2020 with...

VTB Acquires 100% of Novorossiysk Grain Terminal from NSCP Group

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – VTB Bank and Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port have announced on the acquisition by VTB Group of...

Greek parliament debates regional port privatisation

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – The Greek government has started debating the issue of regional port privatisation which could lead...

Three binding offers for the marina of Alimos, Greece

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has received three binding offers for the tender...

POSCO Daewoo to buy share in Mykolaiv port grain terminal

Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – South Korea’s POSCO Daewoo has signed an agreement with local logistics company Orexim Group...

Spain’s Haizea Wind acquires WEC

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Spain’s Haizea Wind Group (HWG), specialised in the construction of wind towers and offshore marine...

Brodosplit to become strategic partner of Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik d.d. has picked domestic sector player Brodogradevna industrija Split...

Iskra to take over Šibenik port concession in Croatia

Šibenik, Croatia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – Croatia’s government has approved the transfer of a concession for the operation of Šibenik port...

DIV and Fincantieri confirm joint interest in Uljanik shipyard

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri SpA and Croatia’s DIV Group have submitted a joint letter of...

Swiss CEVA’s board rejects takeover bid by CMA CGM

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Swiss CEVA Logistics has recommended shareholders not accept a SwFr 30 ($30.24) per share tender offer...

Fincantieri studies data room of Croatia’s Uljanik

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Italian company Fincantieri SpA and Australia’s Scenic Group are studying the data room of Croatian...

European Commission to investigate proposed purchase of Chantiers de l’Atlantique by Fincantieri

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – The European Commission has announced that it is launching an investigation into the proposed purchase of...

Basalt Infrastructure Partners acquires 30% stake in Italian shipping group C&T

Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – London-based investment fund Basalt Infrastructure Partners has acquired a 30% stake of the...

Croatia’s Uljanik extends bid period for interested parties

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik d.d. has extended the time period available for interested parties to respond...

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