Mergers & Acquisitions News


Gulf Navigation to Acquire Atlantic Navigation

Jan 29, 2018

Dubai-based Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (GulfNav) is in discussions to acquire a majority stake in Singapore-based Atlantic Navigation Holdings, a provider of offshore marine logistic services. Atlantic is an integrated offshore supply operation…

Capital Ship Management, Liberty One Form JV

Jan 26, 2018

Capital Ship Management Corp. and Liberty One have announced the establishment of a joint venture under the name Capital Liberty Invest, taking aim at the German shipping market. The new entity will combine the forces, excellent track record…

Global Ship Lease Eyes Acquisitions

Jan 18, 2018

The London-based Global Ship Lease (GSL) said that it  is well-positioned as one of few publicly listed containership leasing companies to acquire attractive portfolios of ships, attract growth capital or find a complementary merger partner…

GOGL Acquires New Vessel

Jan 18, 2018

Norway based dry bulk shipping company Golden Ocean Group Limited (GOGL) has  taken delivery of the second vessel, Sea Monterrey (to be renamed Golden Monterrey).  On October 16, 2017 GOGL announced that it has entered into agreements to…

Hapag-Lloyd: Shipping Demand Up, More Mergers in 2018

Jan 18, 2018

German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd sees demand for transport growing 4 percent in 2018 and expects more shipping firms to merge in the year, the chief executive said. CEO Chief Executive Rolf Habben Jansen also said Hapag-Lloyd, which merged with its Arab peer UASC…

Rolls-Royce Mulls Sale of Commercial Marine Unit

Jan 17, 2018

Industrial conglomerate Rolls-Royce is considering selling the bulk of its struggling marine business as the company embarks on another restructuring which aims to further slash costs. 'We are embarking on a further simplification of the business…

US Approval to Close Glencore's HNA Deal Seen by End-June

Jan 17, 2018

Swiss trader and miner Glencore expects to secure U.S. approval by the end of June on the U.S. portion of a deal to sell a 51 percent stake in its storage and logistics business to China's HNA Group, sources familiar with the matter said. Glencore…

MOL Acquires Seafarers Manning Company

Jan 15, 2018

Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced that MOL acquired 100% of the issued shares of Azalea Maritime B.V. on December 21st, 2017. Azalea Maritime changed its name to 'MOL Maritime (Europe) B.V.' on January 1st, 2018. MOL will…

Schulte Group Buys LNG Specialist PRONAV

Jan 08, 2018

Hamburg shipowning and management group Bernhard Schulte has signed a contract for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the prestigious LNG ship manager PRONAV - subject to merger approval of the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt)…

Palumbo Buys Mondomarine

Jan 07, 2018

Italian yard Palumbo Group has acquired the former Mondomarine facility in Savona on an initial six-month lease, reports local media. 'By leasing the business unit of the Savona shipyard, Palumbo Group will grant the restart of the shipyard's activities…

Qatargas-RasGas Merger

Jan 04, 2018

The integration of RasGas with Qatargas will enable the world’s largest LNG exporter to save QR2bn ($550 million) a year, Qatar Petroleum (QP), the state-owned energy giant, announced. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, President & CEO of Qatar Petroleum…

Hutchison Ports Acquires 50% Stake in TMA

Jan 03, 2018

Hong Kong's Hutchison Ports has acquired a 50% shareholding in Amsterdam-headquartered terminal and logistics operator TMA Logistics. TMA has a variety of general cargo terminal operations together with warehousing, shipping, logistics…

Crystal Nordic Sold to Essberger Tankers

Jan 02, 2018

Nordic Tankers and Embarcadero Maritime (a joint venture between Borealis Maritime and KKR) have signed and closed an agreement to sell the jointly held company Crystal Nordic to John T. Essberger in Hamburg, a leading owner and operator of chemical tankers in Europe…

Cosco Offers Unconditional Buying of Cogent Shares

Jan 02, 2018

The offer by Cosco Shipping International (Singapore) Co. to acquire all the issued ordinary shares of Cogent Holdings has turned unconditional. The former had launched a cash buyout of the latter recently. Bank of China (Singapore Branch)…

STX Corp to Be Sold to Chinese Firm

Dec 28, 2017

AFC Korea,  a subsidiary of Chinese private equity fund AFC, has been selected as the preferred bidder for cash-strapped STX Corp, according to a Business Korea report. AFC Korea has reportedly offered a price tag above 70 billion won (US$65…

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