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.
Circle SpA acquires 2BM S.r.l.
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) December 2, 2019 – Circle S.p.A., which specialises in the analysis and development of automation and digitalization...
CMA CGM to sell port terminal stakes
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) November 26, 2019 – Yesterday, CMA CGM, the French logistics and shipping group, announced its third quarter results for...
COSCO Shipping acquires stake in Rail Cargo Terminal-BILK, Hungary
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) November 22, 2019 – Ocean Rail Logistics, part of COSCO Shipping of China, has acquired a more than 15% stake in Rail...
Columbia Threadneedle Investments and Brittany Ferries to acquire Condor Ferries
14th November 2019 Brittany Ferries, in consortium with the Columbia Threadneedle European Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (ESIF), has reached an agreement to...
Cosco division acquires 60% of the share capital of Piraeus-based PEARL
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) November 11, 2019 – Ocean Rail Logistics, part of the COSCO Shipping group, has acquires 60% of the share capital of...
Conti Group reported to be exiting Anaklia port project
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) November 5, 2019 – The U.S.-based Conti Group International, a construction and development company, has announced that...
European Commission opens in-depth investigation of proposed acquisition of Chantiers de l’Atlantique by Fincantieri
Brussels – October 31, 2019 The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Chantiers de...
Van Oord to acquire up to 5% ordinary shares in Anaklia Holding JSC
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 22, 2019 – Van Oord International, a subsidiary of global marine contractor Van Oord of the Netherlands, is to...
Greece set to run “joint” Alexandroupolis and Kavala port privatisations
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) October 9, 2019 – The Greek government plans to offer the privatisation (by concessions) of Alexandroupolis and...
Noatum Logistics continues to grow in Asia and is implemented in Indonesia
Noatum Logistics acquires PT. JCL Indonesia, present in Jakarta, Surabaya, Semarang, Bandung and Yogyakarta After this operation Noatum Logistics becomes a...
Snam acquires stake in Offshore LNG Toscana
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) September 29, 2019 – Snam and the Iren Group have signed an agreement related to Snam’s acquisition of the 49.07% stake in...
Boluda and Germán Suárez unite to create logistics giant B&S General Cargo
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) September 19, 2019 – the two companies, Boluda and Germán Suárez Investments are to create the equal...
Olbia and Kherson port stevedore companies to be offered in concession
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) September 13, 2019 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced the tenders for stevedore concession projects in...
Boluda Towage closes acquisition of Dutch company Kotug Smit Towage
Boluda Towage, a towing division of Boluda Corporación Marítima, successfully closes the acquisitiom of the Dutch company Kotug Smit Towage – July 31,...
Government approved concession tenders of state enterprises Olvia Stevedoring Company and Kherson Commercial Sea Port
The Government approved concession tenders of property of the state enterprises “Olvia Stevedoring Company” and “Kherson Commercial Sea Port” –...
Signing of the Chios marina concession agreement
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) August 11, 2019 – The concession agreement of the right to use and exploit the marina of Chios for a duration of 40 years...
Circle acquires Progetto Adele software house
CIRCLE ACQUIRES 100% OF “PROGETTO ADELE”, SOFTWARE-HOUSE WITH REVENUES OF MORE THAN 2 € MILLION, SPECIALIZED IN LOGISTICS AND FREIGHT FORWARDING Genoa,...
Greek privatisation agency comments on regional ports
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 26, 2019 – Speaking at the “2nd Athens – International Investment Synergies – Joint Ventures...
TIL Holding to take full control of Marport, Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 24, 2019 – Arkas Holding is set to transfer its holding in Marport, the port business at Ambarlı Port, Istanbul, to...
Portinvest of Ukraine proposes Rijeka port investment
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 24, 2019 – Portinvest, a Ukrainian port management company, is interested in investing in, and possibly becoming a...