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.
Monopolies commission investigates SAS & Moby
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – Yesterday, the Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) opened an investigation into SAS, part of MSC...
MSC meets conditions to acquire 49.9% of HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – As of November 14, 2024, all closing conditions for the takeover offer of Port of Hamburg...
Ukraine monopolies commission approves MSC-HHLA deal
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 18, 2024 – On 14 November, the Antimonopoly Commission of Ukraine (AMK) approved the deal for Mediterranean...
Cargotec sells MacGregor to Triton funds for €480 million
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – Helsinki-headquartered Cargotec Corporation decided on November 14 to sell its MacGregor business...
DFDS finally buys Ekol Logistics
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – After a saga of twists and turns Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS completed the acquisition...
Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi port sold at 13th attempt
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Belgorod-Dniester), 75 km south-east...
Mega state holding to control Azerbaijan transport
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 10, 2024—To establish even greater control over businesses in the country, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev...
French state acquires an 80% stake in Alcatel Submarine Networks
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 7, 2024 – The French government is acquiring an 80% stake in ASN (Alcatel Submarine Networks) from Nokia to support...
Goldair loses challenge to Savvidis over Volos port
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – The Unified Public Procurement Authority (EADS) has rejected an appeal by the Goldair company regarding...
Trans-Oil Group acquires Frial Terminal in Port of Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – Moldova’s Trans-Oil Group has announced the acquisition of Frial Terminal in the Port of...
Lamba Corfu Marina to manage the Mega Yachts Marina in Corfu
Corfu, Greece (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – The state agency Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has announced an agreement for the...
Italian government wants to bring forward Ilva Steelworks sale
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) October 22, 2024 – Adolfo Urso, Minister for Business and Made in Italy, wants to bring forward the sale of the former Ilva...
Trafigura acquires 50% of Meroil Tank in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Singapore-based Trafigura, a global commodities trader, has acquired 50% of Meroil Tank SL in the Port...
Konecranes acquires Peinemann subsidiaries in Rotterdam port
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Finland’s Konecranes will acquire Rotterdam-based Peinemann Port Services BV and Peinemann...
Boluda acquires Finnish towage company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering
Kokkula, Finland (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – Boluda has acquired the Finnish company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering (YHB), a family-owned company based in...
Cambiaso Risso enters the capital of Marittima Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) October 13, 2024 – The Genoese shipping and insurance broker and shipping agency Cambiaso Risso entered the capital of the...
Italian press comments on HHLA-MSC merger
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – Last week, the European Commission in Brussels said that the planned merger between MSC and HHLA did not...
EU Commission approves MSC’s entry into HHLA
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 7, 2024 – In a statement, the European Commission in Brussels said that the planned merger between MSC and HHLA...
Port of La Spezia acquires share in Cepim Interporto di Parma
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The Authority for the Port System of the Eastern Ligurian Sea has received the green light from the...
Port of Venice acquires ERF shares
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the North Adriatic Sea Port System Authority (AdSPMAS) has approved the...