Mergers & Acquisitions News


Hempel to Acquire Jones-Blair Company

Feb 02, 2015

Danish-based coating supplier Hempel announced a binding agreement today to acquire Jones-Blair Company. The transaction is expected to close in early March 2015, subject to regulatory approval.Jones-Blair Company, an industrial coating supplier located in Dallas…

New Managing Director for GAC Sri Lanka

Feb 02, 2015

Mahesh Kurukulasuriya, currently a director of the GAC Group of companies in Sri Lanka, has been appointed its Managing Director. Equipped with over 12 years of international operations, commercial, customer service and management experience in shipping and supply chain management…

Jiangsu Hantong Bags Two Bulker Order

Feb 02, 2015

Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry Co., Ltd and Vulica Shipping Limited have entered into Shipbuilding Contracts for construction of two 68,000 metric tons deadweight Self Unloading Panamax Bulkcarriers. Hantong had built and delivered two 55…

CMA CGM Opens Two Offices

Feb 01, 2015

CMA CGM Opens a new branch in Constantine, (Algeria) and an agency in Sihanoukville, (Combodia)Following are the addresses in the respective countries:CMA CGM Algérie, LtdCentre d'affaires El MedinaZone Industrielle Rhumel N°…

Scorpio Takes Delivery of STI Veneto

Feb 01, 2015

Scorpio Tankers Inc. has taken delivery of STI Veneto, an LR2 product tanker from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. This vessel will begin a voyage for 60 days at approximately $32,000 per day.With this Scorpio Tankers owns 63 tankers (nine LR2 tankers…

Adani Group Revamps Businesses

Jan 31, 2015

Adani Enterprises Limited together with its subsidiaries Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (“APSEZ”) and Adani Power Limited (“APL”) today announced a composite Scheme of Arrangement (“Scheme”) for the demerger of the ‘Port Undertaking’…

Imabari to Construct Newbuilding Dry Dock

Jan 30, 2015

In order to accommodate construction of Ultra-Large newbuilding vessels including recently secured 20,000TEU Mega container ships (about 400m in length and about 59m breadth), Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. has decided to construct a large…

Mitsui Orders 2 LNG Carriers from MHI

Jan 29, 2015

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) reports it has received an order for two next-generation LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers from Mitsui & Co., Ltd., scheduled for completion and delivery in 2018 and 2019, respectively. They will be…

NewLead Holdings Acquire 5 Vessels

Jan 28, 2015

NewLead Holdings Ltd. announced today that it recently added five bitumen tanker vessels to its fleet. The Company has expanded its fleet to 10 vessels in less than a year while performing on its strategy to capitalize on opportunities that arise in the market…

Greatship to Buy PSV

Jan 28, 2015

Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited, has signed a contract to buy a 2015-built 4000 dwt Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The vessel is expected to join the Company’s fleet during Q4FY2015…

Sino-Global to Acquire Tanker

Jan 27, 2015

Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. a shipping agency, logistics and ship management services company, today announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the 'MOU'), between the Company and Rong Yao International Shipping Limited…

Coldharbour Marine's New UK Office

Jan 26, 2015

Coldharbour Marine, long recognised for the design, manufacture and supply of inert gas and fluid handling equipment vessels (FPSOs) has moved into a new 25k sq. ft. headquarters in Linby, Nottinghamshire. All of Coldharbour’s administration…

CEVA Opens 4th Chicago Office

Jan 23, 2015

CEVA Logistics, one of the world's leading supply chain management companies, has expanded its market presence in Chicago with the opening of a fourth facility.The company's Chicago operations near O'Hare International Airport (ORD) now encompass four facilities totaling over 650…

Chevron, SK LNG Trading Ink Deal for LNG Supply

Jan 23, 2015

Chevron Corporation today announced its Australian subsidiaries have signed a binding Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with SK LNG Trading Pte Ltd (SK). Under the SPA, SK LNG Trading, which is part of a leading industrial conglomerate in South Korea…

HII Creates Nuclear Services Company SN3

Jan 22, 2015

Combining Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) S.M. Stoller Corp. and Newport News Nuclear subsidiaries, the company has created Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3), a full-service nuclear operations and environmental services company. 'Formation…

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