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.
Greek privatisation agency visits Elefsina port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – A delegation from the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising...
APM to sell Izmir terminal to SOCAR but remain operator
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – Following news that it is to sell its interest in the Izmir container to SOCAR of Azerbaijan, APM...
Damen withdraws interest for Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – Dutch defence, shipbuilding and engineering conglomerate Damen has withdrawn its interest in investing in...
APM Terminals to sell Izmir port terminal stake
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 16, 2018 – Dutch company APM Terminals is to sell its Petlim terminal business in Izmir port. A possible buyer is...
Transneft consolidates control of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 13, 2018 – NCSP Group has announced that the Russian state-owned oil transporting company PJSC Transneft has...
Ukrainian entrepreneur shows interest in Croatian troubled shipyards
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – Ukrainian entrepreneur Vadim Novinski has expressed interest in investing in Croatian troubled shipbuilders...
MEDIACO Vrac acquires Tier Port Services
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Mediaco Vrac, part of the Mediaco group, a port logistics company, has acquired Tier Port Services in...
Poland’s OT Logistics denies plans to sell part of Luka Rijeka shares
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Polish company OT Logistics has denied media rumours about talks for the sale of part of its shares in...
Balearic Handling bids to operate cruise terminal in Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Vigo Atlantic Cruise Terminal, controlled by Mallorca-based Balearic Handling SL and Incargo Galicia,...
OT Logistics may sell part of Luka Rijeka to Chinese investors
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Polish company OT Logistics SA plans to sell part of the shares it owns in Croatian port operator Luka...
Italy’s Palumbo completes takeover bid for Viktor Lenac in Croatia
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 – Naples-based shipbuilding group Palumbo has successfully completed the takeover bid for Croatian sector...
Thessaloniki port appoints consortium to evaluate investment
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) has appointed an independent enterprise to oversee and...
La Ciotat Shipyards selects MB92 as long-term partner
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – La Ciotat Shipyards has selected MB92 as a long-term partner and financial investor in the...
IFC presents Olvia and Kherson port concessions to potential bidders
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 22, 2018 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has held a conference for potential bidders for the...
Sinergest-led consortium wins tender for majority stake in Porto di Livorno 2000
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Italy’s Palumbo takeover bid for Viktor Lenac is successful
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Naples-based Palumbo’s offer for the acquisition of the entire capital of Croatian shipbuilder...
Privatisation tender for Turkey’s Taşucu port delayed to November 2
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Türkiye Denizcilik Isletmeleri A.S. (Turkish Maritime Organization) has said that the privatisation...
Executive Director of TAIFED visits port of Lavrio
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Mars Xenofos, Executive Chairman of The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF),...
USPA invites investors to tender for concession projects in Olbia and Kherson ports
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) to to present a number of concession projects in Olbia...
Alexandroupolis port privatisation will go ahead in November
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Speaking at the traditional Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) interview, Prime Minister...