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.
Board of Directors member resigns from Thessaloniki Port Authority
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. has announced that George Tozidis has submitted his resignation...
Croatia’s CERP accepts OT Logistics’ offer for 11.75% stake in Luka Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Croatia’s state asset management body CERP has accepted the bid of Polish company OT Logistics...
Grimaldi group will present the case of Hellenic Seaways in Brussels
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2017 – The Italian shipping group Grimaldi Lines is preparing a complaint to be sent to the European...
CNMC authorizes Cosco Shipping taking control of Noatum Ports
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 3, 2017 – La Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has authorized the takeover of Noatum...
Alexandroupoli set to be first port privatisation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) is to proceed with plans to privatise the...
Poland’s OT Logistics places only bid for stake in Luka Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – Polish company OT Logistics S.A. has said that it has placed the only bid in the tender for the...
Croatia receives single binding bid for 17.5% stake in Luka Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (PortS Europe) August 29, 2017 – Luka Rijeka d.d., the operator of Croatia’s Rijeka port, has said the country’s privatisation...
Greece hopes to attract interest of French investors in Thessaloniki port privatisation
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – The Greek government prepares for the visit of French president Emmanuel Macron on September 7-8 in a...
Vigo port mulls over privatisation of wholesale market
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Vigo port’s wholesale market (lonja in Spanish) is deficient and the president of the port authority...
Ukrainian government prepares concession of three seaports
Kherson, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure is preparing a pilot project for the concession of three...
Livorno to sell 80% stake in port logistics operator
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Italy’s Livorno local government, has started a project for the sale of a 80% stake in SPIL S.p.a....
Croatian state invites bids for 11.75% stake in Luka Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – Croatian state agency Restructuring and Sale Centre (CERP) has invited bids for the sale of a 11.75% stake...
Attica agrees purchase of majority stake in Hellenic Seaways Maritime
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Attica Holdings S.A., part of Marfin Investment Group (MIG), has announced an agreement in principle,...
Attica Group signs agreement to acquire 50.3% of Hellenic Seaways Maritime
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Greek company Attica Holdings S.A. has signed an agreement in principle with Piraeus Bank to...
Ukrainian minister says 13 ports to be managed under concession
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Ukrainian ports need to be privatised because private owners can provide better conditions for development,...
Turkey’s Yildirim gains full control of Leixões port’s container terminal
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Turkish conglomerate Yildirim has just gained control of Leixões port’s container terminal, the...
Akfen Holding sells 40% stake in Mersin port to Australia’s IFM
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Turkish infrastructure company Akfen Holding has sold its 40% stake in Mersin International Port to IFM...