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.
Thessaloniki Port Authority signs concession agreement with the state
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) has announced that on Friday February 2, 2018, the...
Greece invites expressions of interest in Chios marina
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HDRAF), the Greek privatisation agency, has received...
U.S. developing interest in Alexandroupolis port
Alexandroupoli, Greece (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – The privatization of the port of Alexandroupoli is ongoing, and the United States and its...
Fincantieri purchases TSX France for €59.7 million
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2018 – Fincantieri S.p.A., via subsidiary Fincantieri Europe S.p.A., has signed the share purchase agreement...
Erdogan visit to Rome raises issue of Turkish interests in Italian ports
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – A visit by the Turkish president to Rome next week raises a number of issues considering the involvement of...
Xiao Yaqing, director of COSCO, visits Noatum terminal in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – On January 27, COSCO Director Xiao Yaqing and his delegation, accompanied by Xu Lirong, Chairman of...
China Merchants Port Holdings shows interest in Alicante port
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – China Merchants Port Holdings is reported as being interested in Alicante’s Free Trade Zone and...
Alexandroupoli set to emerge as an energy hub
Alexandroupoli, Greece (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – The Greek port of Alexandroupoli is gearing up for becoming energy and commercial hub. The port...
GEFCO acquires Spanish company GLT, a transport specialist
Paris, France (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – GEFCO Group, a global player in industrial logistics and automotive logistics, has acquired Spanish...
Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund to present regional port privatisation report
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – A study on the exploitation of the ten major ports of the country through the concession process is to...
Greece has high expectations for regional port privatisation
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Following the privatization of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (now managed by China’s COSCO Shipping...
Announcement regarding amendments to articles of the statute of Thessaloniki Port Authority
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) January 7, 2018 – The new text of the Articles of the Statute seeks in general to codify and consistently restructure...
New Thessaloniki Port Authority owners meet port management
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) January 7, 2018 – Representatives of South Europe Gateway Thessaloniki (SEGT) Limited and executives of Terminal Link...
Trabzonport to trade on stock market this month
Trabzon, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – The initial public offering (IPO) of 30% of the Trabzonport, whose right to operate is held by...
DP World Group start operations in Ukraine
Yuzhniy, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – P&O Maritime, a company owned by port operator DP World Group, started to operate in Ukraine in...
Thessaloniki Port Authority sees record container numbers in 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) closed 2017 with more than 400,000 TEUs being transported,...
HDRAF signs sale of Thessaloniki Port Authority to South Europe Gateway Thessaloniki Limited
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), the state privatisation agency, has issued a...