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.
Greece looks at pubic-private partnership model for regional port privatisation
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – At the Jean Monnet symposium on “The Future of European Port Policy” on the island of Chios,...
Authorities approve acquisition of 24.99% stake in CEVA by CMA CGM
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – French shipping company CMA CGM SA has received the green light from the required authorities for the...
Barcelona Container Depot Service acquires Damex
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – Barcelona port has said container storage company Depósitos, Almacenes y Manipulaciones para Exportación...
Greek Investment Roadshow in the USA highlights privatisation opportunities
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 24, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...
Nogar acquires Europac Logística in Viana do Castelo port, Portugal
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – Nogar Group (Grupo Nogar) has acquired Europac Logística (a subsidiary of the Europac Group...
Palumbo Shipyards set to acquire Mondomarine
Savona, Italy (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – The Mondomarine SpA company of Savona has been provisionally assigned to Palumbo Shipyards of Naples for a...
DFDS completes acquisition of Turkey’s UN Ro-Ro
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 9, 2018 – Danish company DFDS has completed the acquisition of the Turkish shipping company UN Ro-Ro, obtaining the...
Chinese investors interested in seaports at Zadar and Rijeka
Zadar, Croatia (PortSEurope) June 9, 2018 – A Chinese company will become a co-owner of Croatian port of Zadar on the Adriatic Sea, and Chinese firms have...
EBRD invests in D Marinas B.V. marina business in Eastern Mediterranean
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 301, 2018 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing €70 million for a stake of...
Spain’s Ibaizábal acquires Amarradores del Puerto de Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Spanish financial group Ibaizábal has taken control of Amarradores del Puerto de Valencia, the company...
Privatisation of Greek regional ports progressing
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 25, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), the state privatisation agency, is expected to...
Genoa shipyard Ente Bacini attracts just one privatisation bid
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – The Ente Bacini SRL shipyard (five basins) is to be privatised but has attracted just one bid. A joint bid...
Yilport interested in increasing stake in Huelva port container terminal
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva (Port Authority of Huelva) has opened the way for an...
Concasa looks at increasing activity in Cádiz container terminal
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – Compañía Gaditana de Contenedores, SL (Concasa) is looking to increase its activities at the Cádiz...
Greek agency declares the pre-qualified investment schemes for the tender of Alimos marina
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 17, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has pre-selected the investment schemes to participate...
Ukrainian ports listed for privatisation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 16, 2018 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Thursday adopted a general list of objects subject to...
APDL looks at private investment in Porto Cruise Terminal at Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo (Port Administration of...
Unnamed U.S. group interested in privatisation of Alexandroupoli port
Alexandroupoli, Greece (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Apparently, the same U.S. investors who were belatedly interested in the privatisation of Thessaloniki...
Ticino-Genoa port transport developments under discussion
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – After the meeting which took place last March in Lugano, Switzerland, another bilateral initiative is being...
Executive Chairman of HRADF, Aris Xenofos, visits Rhodes to explore privatisations
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 24, 2018 – Executive Director of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), Aris Xenofos, has visited the...