Boskalis and HAL agree on increased Offer Price
Koninklijke Boskalis and HAL Holding announced an increase in the offer price that HAL Bidco, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of HAL Investments, is making for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in the capital...Read more
Crowley eyes merger and acquisition opportunities
Project logisticsPRESS RELEASE – Crowley Maritime Corporation is searching for growth opportunities. The company has hired Trish Skoglund as corporate director of mergers and acquisitions, guiding strategic investments that create sustainable growth and accelerate the company’s...Read more
Ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge merge
Ports & TerminalsThe City of Antwerp and the City of Bruges have reached an agreement to merge their ports. The combined port, to be named Port of Antwerp-Bruges, won’t climb the ladder in ranks but will further...Read more
Danish freight forwarders Freja and SDK merge
Project logisticsDanish family-owned freight forwarders Freja and SDK are merging their businesses to create a logistics provider with 1,300 employees and an annual turnover of more than EUR 671 million. The merged entity will continue as...Read more
“Combining business cultures of decade long rivals was challenging”
After successfully merging Gearbulk and Grieg Star into the largest breakbulk shipping company in the world, Rune Birkeland has resigned as CEO of G2 Ocean per the 1st of January, 2020. “Looking back, the biggest...Read more
Media: Saipem and Subsea 7 consider merger
EPCSaipem and Subsea 7 are considering to merge to weather the still difficult circumstances in the oil and gas services market. If the deal goes through, it would create the fourth-largest oilfield service company, after...Read more
Ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge restart merger negotiations
Ports & TerminalsThe ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge have restarted merger negotiations. Previous talks stranded in April as Antwerp wanted all mandates and boards to be divided proportionally, which would mean Zeebrugge would hardly have a say...Read more