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.
Qatar invests in Barcelona superyacht facility
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – QINVEST, a leading private Qatari investment group, has announced that its subsidiary BOH LLC has...
Boluda acquires Tenerife container terminal operator Capsa
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima has acquired Compañía Auxiliar del Puerto (Capsa), an...
Government meets Cosco about Syros and Elefsina shipyards
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – In September 2017, Postlane Partners withdrew its bid for the Neorion shipyards on Greece’s Cyclades...
Thessaloniki port privatisation stalls
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – At the end of June, the consortium of Deutsche Invest Equity Partners, Belterra Investments and...
Future of Neorion shipyards remains unclear
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – In September 2017, Postlane Partners withdrew its bid for the Neorion shipyards on Greece’s...
Attica said to be in talks with Grimaldi over HSW future
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – Athens-based Attica Group S.A. and Grimaldi of Italy are allegedly in the initial stages of a...
Málaga port to sell 20% stake in Cruceros Málaga
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Málaga port returns to the market by trying to sell a 20% stake in the capital of cruise company...
Launch of a French-Italian roadmap to strengthen naval defence cooperation
Press Release, 27 September 2017, Naval Group and Fincantieri Launch of a French-Italian roadmap to strengthen naval defence cooperation Naval Group and...
Fincantieri takeover of STX France agreed
Nantes-St.Nazaire (Ports Europe) September 29, 2017 – Following negotiations between the French and Italian governments, it has been that Fincantieri...
STX France future set for conclusion
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – The future of the STX France shipyards at a Franco-Italian summit on September. 27, but a further...
Basque government not to privatise ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – The Basque Government has no plans to privatise the ports under its management, an official of the...
Government announces plans for Volos port
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Volos is one of the state-owned ports which could be privatised by the state asset agency the Hellenic...
Minister visits Thessaloniki Port Authority
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Greek Minister of Economy and Development, Dimitris Papadimitriou, has received Thessaloniki...
Ferrovie dello stato Italiane to takeover TrainOSE
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Italian state-owned railway company Ferrovie dello stato Italiane will sign a final agreement to take...
Croatian government cuts stake in Luka Rijeka to 25%
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Croatia’s government saw its stake in the capital of Luka Rijeka d.d., the operator of Rijeka port,...
Copelouzos group interested in Alexandroupolis port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF/TAIPED) has been attending the Thessaloniki...
OT Logistics increases stake in Luka Rijeka to 32.56%
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Poland’s OT Logistics has acquired 11.75% of shares in Luka Rijeka d.d. from Croatia’s...