All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 43

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    ASCO Singapore shareholders seeks to go it alone

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - Mangrove Holdings Pte Ltd has rejected an offer made by joint venture partner ASCO Holdings Ltd for the shares it holds in ASCO Freight Management Pte Ltd (ASCO Singapore) and says it has made a counter offer to acquire ASCO Holdings' majority sh

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    Damco sees revenue and gross profit gains

    2013-05-23T00:00:00Z

    May 23 - Damco has reported a 6 percent year-on-year revenue increase in Q1 2013 to USD773 million; with gross profit growing 5.4 percent to USD195 million. However, earnings before interest and tax during Q1 2013 totaled USD9 million - down 30.7 percent

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    Evergreen acquires five aircraft

    2013-05-20T00:00:00Z

    May 20 - Evergreen Helicopters - the wholly owned subsidiary of Portland, Oregon headquartered Erickson Air-Crane - has purchased five aircraft for USD10.1 million.

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    Q1 slowdown at IAG

    2013-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - IAG Cargo - the air freight division of the International Airlines Group - has seen its revenue for Q1 2013 drop by 7.2 percent year-on-year to EUR270 million (USD350.9 million).

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    Boskalis adds to management board

    2013-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - Dutch marine contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster held its annual general meeting on May 8, 2013.

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    Hull Blyth makes African acquisitions

    2013-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - Ship agency specialist in West Africa, Hull Blyth, has acquired Mainport Africa Shipping and Kestrel Maritime in South Africa.

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    Greencarrier acquires Trana Spedition

    2013-05-07T00:00:00Z

    May 7 - Swedish transport and logistics provider Greencarrier Freight Services has acquired all shares in Trana Spedition.

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    Evergreen Helicopters fly with Erickson

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - Oregon, USA based Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated has closed its acquisition of Evergreen Helicopters (EHI) from Evergreen International Aviation.

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    The Friday Flyer - May 3rd 2013

    2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

    This week saw CEVA Group announce the successful recapitalisation of its balance sheet, which may put an end to the intense speculation there has been about the company's future. That speculation began after a downgrade by Standard & Poor's to CEVA's cred

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    Boskalis completes Dockwise acquisition

    2013-04-23T00:00:00Z

    April 23 - Dutch marine contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster has completed the acquisition of semi-submersible and heavy lift shipping specialist Dockwise.

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    Megalift invests in in Liebherr mobile crane

    2013-04-12T00:00:00Z

    April 12 - Bremen-Based Megalift GmbH has invested in a Liebherr LTM 1350-6.1, saying that 350-tonne capacity mobile crane is a great fit for the company's requirements.

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    Sietas jack-up nears completion

    2013-04-03T00:00:00Z

    April 3 - Financially troubled Sietas shipyard, Hamburg is in the final stages of construction of the first jack-up vessel designed and built in Germany, for Dutch marine engineering concern, Van Oord.

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    Hanssy and OXL enter JV

    2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Heavy lift and multipurpose project shipping lines, Hanssy Shipping and OXL have entered into a joint venture cooperation.

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    NYK Line subsidiaries merged

    2013-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - NYK Line has confirmed that NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd will be created on October 1, 2013, as the home of the wholly owned subsidiary companies: NYK-Hinode Line Ltd and NYK Global Bulk Corporation; the merger of which was announced in Dece

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    The Friday Flyer - March 29th 2013

    2013-03-29T00:00:00Z

    As this Friday Flyer is being written, we are digesting the latest report from shipping industry consultant Drewry. It starkly shows that for the next few years the multipurpose sector will be in choppy waters. In the long-term, prospects are good, accord

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    C.H. Robinson recognised as 'Top National Workplace'

    2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - Multimodal logistics services provider C.H. Robinson has been named one of the USA's 2013 Top National Workplaces by WorkPlaceDynamics.

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    Big container lines merger on ice

    2013-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - It would appear that the attempt to create the fourth-largest container shipping company by capacity has hit the rocks as Germany's Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg S

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    Erickson acquires Evergreen Helicopters

    2013-03-20T00:00:00Z

    March 20 - Oregon, USA based Erickson Air-Crane International is set to acquire Evergreen Helicopters Inc. (EHI) in a deal worth USD250 million.

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    Lange steps down at K+N

    2013-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - International freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel International AG has accepted the request of Reinhard Lange, ceo of the Kuehne + Nagel Group, to release him from his duties because of health reasons, effective May 7, 2013.

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    Damco sees 'solid' result in 2012

    2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

    February 26 - Freight forwarder and logistics service provider Damco saw significant revenue growth during 2012.