mergers and acquisitions

By Ania Nussbaum and Christopher Jasper (Bloomberg) — MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., the world’s second-biggest container line, offered to buy

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office is taking a closer look into the proposed sale of Maersk’s refrigerated container manufacturing unit to China

New Orleans-based Maritime Partners has acquired a large and diversified fleet of over 1,000 marine vessels from J. Russell Flowers, Inc. JRF’s fleet

By David McLaughlin (Bloomberg) S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) won U.S. antitrust approval to buy IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO) – owners of The Journal Of

Offshore drilling contractors Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) and Maersk Drilling have announced an agreement to combine the two companies, creating one of the

California-based communications company Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced an agreement to acquire Inmarsat for $7.3 billion. The combination will create

Clean Sea Transport, the joint venture between MSEA Group, Arkview Capital, and Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG), has acquired 100% interest in Marinvest’s

Teekay LNG Partners (NYSE:TGP), the LNG shipping arm of Teekay Corporation (NYSE: TK), has announced an agreement to to be acquired by investment firm

Canadian pension fund CPP Investments will acquire 100% ownership of Ports America from Oaktree Capital Management at a reported valuation of more than $4

China International Marine Containers has struck a deal with A.P. Moller – Maersk to acquire Maersk Container Industry, a leading manufacturer of

The port operations arm of COSCO Shipping will buy a minority stake in Port of Hamburg’s Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT), the main calling point for

By Dinesh Nair, Ruth David and Laura Hurst (Bloomberg) — Neptune Energy Group Ltd., the private equity-backed explorer, is considering options

The Monaco-based Navios Maritime Partners (NMM) is acquiring the debt-laden Navios Maritime Acquisition Company (NNA) to create a massive containership,

Rhode Island’s only law school acquires the U.S.’s leading maritime law periodical, a boon for the profession and students alike BRISTOL, R.I., August 19,

Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Seacor Holdings has acquired Jones Act shipping company U.S. Shipping Corp. USSC is provider of long-haul marine transportation

New York-listed tanker companies International Seaways, Inc. (NYSE: INSW) and Diamond S Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSSI) have completed their merger, creating one of

Japanese shipping line Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will acquire a 40 percent stake in Methanex’s Vancouver-based subsidiary Waterfront Shipping (WFS), which operates

Greek containership owner Danaos (NYSE: DAC) has exercised its option to acquire the remaining 51% equity in its joint venture Gemini Shipholdings Corporation.

Oslo-based MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has entered into an agreement to acquire Songa Container AS and its fleet of 11 container smaller containerships for $210

Tokyo-based finance firm Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. will acquire all outstanding shares of CAI International (NYSE: CAI), one of the world’s leading marine