mergers and acquisitions

London-based Lomar Shipping has acquired the Bremen, Germany-based shipowner and manager Carl Büttner for $160 million. Carl Büttner’s history in

By Layan Odeh (Bloomberg) — A consortium led by former Berkshire Hathaway Inc. executive David Sokol and Canadian investment group Fairfax Financial

By William Wilkes and Arne Delfs (Bloomberg) — Hamburg Hafen und Logistik AG said the German government shouldn’t block a Chinese acquisition of a

German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd has entered into an agreement with Italy-based Spinelli Group to acquire 49% in the Italian logistics group. The

Dutch marine services company Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Curaçao-based HAL Holding have reached an agreement on an increased offer price

APM Terminals (APMT), a leading port operator and part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has announced an agreement to divest its minority stake in Global Ports

Maersk and China International Marine Containers (CIMC) have abandoned plans for the sale of Maersk’s reefer container business to CIMC after a U.S.

Maersk is extending its streak of acquisitions with an agreement to acquire a Denmark-based project cargo specialist. A.P. Moller – Maersk will acquire

A consortium made up of a controlling shareholders of NYSE-listed Atlas Corporation (ATCO) and Japanese container carrier ONE have made non-binding offer for

Navios Maritime Holdings (NYSE: $NM) announced today a definitive agreement to sell its 36-vessel drybulk fleet to sister company Navios Maritime Partners

By Martina Li in Taiwan (The Loadstar) – SM Line has expanded its hold on HMM after buying more shares, leaving the market to wonder if the rival South

A.P. Moller – Maersk has announced the closing of its acquisition of Hamburg-based freight forwarding company Senator International as the container

German liner operator Hapag-Lloyd has announced the closing of its acquistion of the container liner business of German carrier Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL),

By Katharine Gemmell (Bloomberg) — Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling offered to divest some of its offshore operation platforms to avoid an in-depth

Maritime freight software firm Veson Nautical on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Q88, an information management and software platform for the maritime

Houston-based Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) has completed its acquisition of Swire Pacific Offshore, becoming the world’s leading offshore support vessel

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has found that the proposed merger between offshore drilling contractors Noble Corporation and Maersk Drilling could

By Ishika Mookerjee and Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — The deadline for a transformative deal between Keppel Corp. and Sembcorp Marine Ltd. is just

Netherlands-based KOTUG International has entered into an agreement to acquire rival offshore support vessel operator Seaways International, part of a strategy

PARIS, April 8 (Reuters) – French shipping group CMA CGM said on Friday it has acquired nearly 100% of Gefco, the auto transport company previously