mergers and acquisitions

  By Drewry Shipping Consultants Having blocked the P3 Alliance on competition grounds, China could now merge China Cosco and CSCL and, as a result, cause

  By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S is actively searching for North Sea oil acquisitions as the drop in energy prices

  By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, Aug 11 (Reuters) – China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Group are in talks over a possible

By Francois de Beaupuy, Kiel Porter and Andrew Roberts (Bloomberg) — Artemis SA, the holding company of France’s billionaire Pinault family, is in

Neptune Orient Lines Limited has responded to recent media reports that the Singapore shipping company has been put up for sale by its majority shareholder

  July 16 (Reuters) – Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has put shipping company Neptune Orient Lines Ltd , which has a market value of $1.7

  By Katerina Petroff (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc obtained regulatory approval from Brazil to buy BG Group Plc, clearing another antitrust

  COPENHAGEN, July 7 (Reuters) – Investment firms 3i Infrastructure and AMP Capital have agreed to buy Danish shipping company Esvagt for 4.1

BP's $18.7 billion settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill draws a line under years of uncertainty to allow it to focus once again on growth but could

Billionaire John Fredriksen and Exmar NV are transferring liquefied natural gas assets to Flex LNG Ltd. to create a company operating 13 vessels with an

  Houston-headquartered offshore drilling company Northern Offshore Ltd. (NOF) says it has reached a deal for the all-cash sale of the company to

Pacific Drilling SA, an offshore oil-rig contractor, is gaining notice as a takeover

Danish ferry and transportation firm DFDS is on the takeover trail, its chief executive said, after reporting its highest first-quarter operating profit on

Crowley Maritime Corporation on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Maritime Management Services, Inc. (MMS), a Seattle-based crew management company

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd denied on Tuesday a South Korean media report that it will try again to merge with sister company

(Bloomberg) — As the oil industry takes stock of Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s $70 billion move for BG Group Plc, one company has more to chew on than most.

Drybulk shipping company Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (OTCBB: GSKNF) and its subsidiary Baltic Trading Limited (NYSE: BALT) announced a definitive

Royal Dutch Shell Plc says its proposed $70 billion takeover of BG Group Plc will boost dividends and share buybacks for investors. North Sea workers in fear

Royal Dutch Shell Plc agreed to buy BG Group Plc for about 47 billion pounds ($70 billion), making Europe’s largest oil company the pre-eminent player in

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in talks to acquire BG Group Plc in a deal that would vault Shell to the top of the global gas-export industry and gather together