mergers and acquisitions

By Teis Jensen COPENHAGEN, April 12 (Reuters) – Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS has agreed to buy Turkish freight shipping operator U.N. Ro-Ro

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, April 3 (Reuters) – COSCO Shipping’s planned acquisition of Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is on track to be

Luxembourg-based marine engineering contractor Subsea 7 S.A. has signed an agreement to acquire Siem Offshore Contractors and two vessels, expanding Subsea

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – A new report estimates that over the past 21 years the container industry has “destroyed” about $110bn of

Houston-based Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) on Monday announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire inland tank barge shipping company Higman

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has announced its intention to acquire Trident B.V., a Netherlands-based company specializing in underwater ship

CMA CGM has completed its acquisition of Mercosul Line, one of the leading carriers in Brazil’s domestic container shipping market. CMA CGM on Monday

Danish shipping giant Maersk says it has completed its acquisition of German rival Hamburg Süd in a deal valued at approximately $4 billion. The close of the

NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Talos Energy LLC and Stone Energy Corp, two U.S. exploration and production companies focused on the Gulf of Mexico,

By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Francois de Beaupuy (Bloomberg) — Total SA’s billion-dollar deal to buy liquefied natural gas assets from Engie SA

French shipping company CMA CGM has announced an agreement to acquire a majority stake in SOFRANA Unilines, one of the key players in the South Pacific

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Aug 22 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk has been fortified by the $7.5 billion sale of its oil and gas business to

By Bate Felix and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen PARIS/COPENHAGEN, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Total is buying Maersk’s oil and gas business in a $7.45 billion

By Terje Solsvik OSLO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Transocean, one of the world’s biggest drilling rig operators, has agreed to buy Norwegian competitor

By Brenda Goh and Matthew Miller SHANGHAI/BEIJING, July 9 (Reuters) – COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd has offered to buy Orient Overseas International Ltd

By David Fickling (Bloomberg Gadfly) — While wedding bells have been ringing out across the global shipping industry, Taiwan’s biggest container

French shipping company CMA CGM says it has reached a binding agreement with Danish rival Maersk to acquire Mercosul Line, one of the leading carriers in

NYSE-listed Teekay Tankers (TNK) announced it has agreed to acquire all remaining and outstanding shares of Oslo-listed Tanker Investments (TIL) in a

By Jonathan Saul and Tom Arnold LONDON/DUBAI, May 23 (Reuters) – Gulf-based bidders have emerged for the part-owned subsidiary of United Arab Shipping

Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri on Friday signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in STX France, operator of the 150-year-old shipyard in