Mergers & Acquisitions News


Navios Maritime Midstream Partners Gets Merger Proposal from Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation

Jul 02, 2018

Navios Maritime Midstream Partners, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that its board of directors has received a proposal from Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation pursuant to which Navios Acquisition would acquire…

Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics Acquires Unitrans

Jul 02, 2018

Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics acquires the forwarding company Unitrans.  “By this takeover we strengthen our position as a logistics company, both in Sweden and on the global market”, says Björn Eklund, owner of Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics…

Adani Ports Acquires Kattupalli Port

Jul 01, 2018

India's largest port developer Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has agreed to pick up 97% stake in Marine Infrastructure Developer (MIDPL) from Larsen & Toubro at an enterprise value of Rs 1,950 crore ($284 million). According to a press release from the company…

ESL Shipping Acquires AtoB@C

Jun 29, 2018

Finnish dry bulker ESL ShippingLtd, a shipping company fully owned by Aspo Group, is going to acquire all the outstanding shares of AtoB@C Shipping AB and AtoB@C Holding AB (AtoB@C) that offer shipping services. The enterprise value is EUR 30 million…

Star Bulk Carriers Acquires 3 Dry Bulkers from Oceanbulk Container Carriers

Jun 28, 2018

Star Bulk Carriers announced that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of three  newbuilding Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels in an all-share transaction, from Oceanbulk Container Carriers (OCC). The final consideration for the OCC Vessel Purchase Transaction is 3…

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation to Acquire Outstanding Units of Navios Maritime Midstream Partners

Jun 28, 2018

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that it has submitted a proposal to the board of directors of Navios Maritime Midstream Partners to acquire the publicly held units of Navios Midstream…

BRP Marine Group Created With Evinrude, Alumacraft

Jun 28, 2018

Evinrude has announced  that it is now a part of the newly established BRP Marine Group. Tracy Crocker, Senior Vice-President and General Manager of Evinrude since 2017, has been appointed President of the Group, effective immediately. Crocker…

MOL Snaps Up Adriatic Gas via Croatian Unit

Jun 20, 2018

MOL Group’s Croatian INA agreed to buy Eni Croatia BV, a wholly-owned member of Eni Group, through which Eni participated in the joint project of gas production in Croatia’s offshore areas Northern Adriatic and Marica. INA will become the…

CMA CGM to Buy Finland's Containerships

Jun 20, 2018

French-based CMA CGM, one of the world's largest container shipping firms, has agreed to acquire Finland's Containerships from Container Finance Ltd Oy.Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in three to six months, were not disclosed…

MOL Acquires Stake in AKOFS of Norway

Jun 19, 2018

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL)  announced that MOL and Mitsui & Co have entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire shares in AKOFS Offshore AS, which is owned by Akastor ASA, Norway.  After in-kind contribution of the company of owner and leasing the subsea support vessel…

Oetker Considering Acquisitions to Grow Business

Jun 19, 2018

Germany's family-owned Oetker Group has acquisition targets in its sights after selling the Hamburg Süd shipping line to Danish giant Maersk for 3.7 billion euros ($4.28 billion) last year, the company's finance chief said on Tuesday.The deal has created 'options for action…

Dorian LPG Rejects BW LPG Merger Offer

Jun 17, 2018

Dorian LPG announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously declined an unsolicited, conditional proposal from Norway's BW LPG, the world's largest liquid petroleum gas shipper, to combine with Dorian in a stock-for-stock transaction.  After a thorough review…

Monjasa Acquires Bunker Supply Vessel for English Channel Operation

Jun 14, 2018

Monjasa acquires the 3,600 DWT tanker, MT Fredericia for continued bunker operation in the English Channel.  Leading up to the acquisition, the vessel has been on time charter by Monjasa for several years and the ceaseless high performance…

International Seaways Completes Acquisition of Six Euronav VLCCs

Jun 14, 2018

US-based tanker shipping company International Seaways (INSW) has completed the acquisition of six 300,000 dwt very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from Euronav NV. The tanker company providing energy transportation services for crude oil…

Royal Caribbean Buys $1 Bln Stake in Silversea Cruises

Jun 14, 2018

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL.N) said on Thursday it would buy a 66.7 percent stake in privately owned Silversea Cruises for about $1 billion to add ultra-luxury and expedition cruises to its fleet.Silversea Cruises, which has nine ships…

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