Mergers & Acquisitions News


Oceanteam Acquires Oceanwind

Jul 30, 2015

Oceanteam Shipping has acquired the remaining 48% stake in fellow Dutch firm Oceanwind and is now the sole owner of Oceanwind Cable Storage & Handling Solutions. As a result of the acquisition the company’s name will be changed to Oceanteam Cable Solutions…

Scorpio Tankers to Acquire Product Tanker

Jul 28, 2015

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase an MR product tanker.The Company reached an agreement with an unrelated third party to purchase an MR product tanker that was built in 2014 at SPP Shipbuilding Co…

Navig8 Amessi joins the Delta8 Pool

Jul 26, 2015

Navig8 Chemicals is pleased to announce the delivery of Navig8 Amessi, the eleventh of eighteen ECO 37,000dwt chemical tankers constructed at Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard ('HMD'). We welcome the latest addition to our growing pool:Vessel…

Continental Delivered to Dorian LPG

Jul 24, 2015

Dorian LPG Ltd. an owner and operator of modern Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC), reported today that it took delivery of the ECO VLGC Continental from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries.Continental is Dorian LPG's seventh newbuilding delivery and will be operated in the Helios LPG Pool.

Halliburton Seen Facing Antitrust Issues on Baker Hughes Deal

Jul 22, 2015

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co's acquisition of smaller rival Baker Hughes Inc is facing resistance from U.S. regulators who are concerned that the deal could hurt competition, Bloomberg reported. Justice Department lawyers reviewing…

Market Rife Merger Talk, NOL Says Not Yet

Jul 20, 2015

As Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, readied is to sell Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), the market has been rife with merger talk with Hong Kong's Orient Overseas International Ltd (OOIL) and Hamburg's Hapag-Lloyd being leading candidates…

BW Group Buys Dorian Stake

Jul 20, 2015

Scorpio Tankers Inc has agreed to sell its 6 million common shares of Dorian LPG Ltd to BW Euroholdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BW Group Limited, for a purchase price of $15.34 per share.  The shares will be sold pursuant…

Vietnam to Go-ahead with $2.5 bln Port Project

Jul 19, 2015

Vietnam's government has agreed on a port project in the southern province of Ca Mau, costing some $2.5 billion according to media reports and which would be able to host some of the world's biggest ships.The Hon Khoai port would be built under a public-private partnership…

Platts acquires Petromedia

Jul 17, 2015

Platts, a leading global energy, metals, petrochemicals and agriculture information provider, announced today that it has acquired Petromedia, a specialist provider of news and analysis for the shipping and oil industries. The purchase helps…

Subsea 7, KBR Team Up

Jul 16, 2015

Oslo-listed offshore shipowner Subsea 7 has signed an agreement with Houston-based company, KBR and its subsidiary Granherne, to form an alliance in the delivery of concept and front end engineering and design (FEED) services. This is the…

Shell Sells Elba Liquefaction Project Interest to Kinder Morgan

Jul 16, 2015

Kinder Morgan Inc. will buy out Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s interest in their proposed Elba Liquefaction Co. (ELC ) joint venture in Georgia. Houston-based Kinder Morgan already owns 51% of the ELC joint venture. The firm said it would buy…

MMC Ups Stake in NCB

Jul 16, 2015

MMC Corp Bhd has bought a further 9.08% stake in logistics and port operator NCB Holdings Bhd, boosting its shareholding to 30.13% as it seeks to remain a key player in the ports industry in Malaysia. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday…

Evergas Acquires first Multigas LNG vessels

Jul 14, 2015

Evergas’ latest additions to its fleet, two ‘dragon class’ 27.500 cbm multigas LNG carriers, were successfully named today at a ceremony at the Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (SOE) shipyard in Qidong, China. The state-of-the-art carriers were named JS INEOS INSIGHT and JS INEOS INGENUITY…

DP World, Emirates Shipping Launch GLX

Jul 14, 2015

DP World and Emirates Shipping Line (ESL) today announced the launch of a new shipping service GALEX (GLX), a consortium of four vessel operators – ESL, KMTC, RCL and Hanjin. GALEX consists of seven vessels with a capacity of 6,500 TEUs…

SIPG to Acquire 79.2% of Jinjiang Shipping

Jul 14, 2015

Shanghai International Port Group Co (SIPG) is all set to acquire 79.2% stake in intra-Asia container line Shanghai Jinjiang Shipping for up to RMB1.94bn ($312.58m). SIPG plans to buy a 48% stake in Jinjang Shipping currently owned by Shanghai International Group…

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