All Mergers and acquisitions articles – Page 52

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    Eide adds floating crane

    2010-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - Eide Lift 6 is the new name of the floating crane which Eide Marine Services has purchased from Aker Marine Contractors.

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    DSV expands to South Africa

    2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - DSV Air & Sea Holding A/S (DSV) has established a South African subsidiary , which has concluded an agreement on the acquisition of the business activities of Transmedit Forwarding (Proprietary) Ltd, which currently is agent for DSV in South

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    Beluga-Intermarine: rumours fly following report of takeover

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    September 17 - Tongues are wagging in the heavy lift shipping sector, following reports in the German national media that Beluga is set to make a spectacular, million-dollar bid for US rival, Intermarine.

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    New Board for SMIT

    2010-09-10T00:00:00Z

    September 10 - A new Board of Directors has been established for SMIT, in connection with with the recent SMIT-Boskalis merger, consisting of four members and replacing the Management Board as well as the Stratcom.

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    Acquisition and partnership in Puerto Rico for Crowley and Islandwide

    2010-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Project and heavy lift cargo operations are likely to be part of the value-added services provided to customers in Puerto Rico, following Crowley Maritime Corporation's logistics group acquisition of Islandwide Air and Ocean and agreement wi

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    Mammoet Maritime acquires multi-purpose pontoon

    2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - Netherlands-based heavy lift operator Mammoet Maritime has expanded its fleet with the acquisition of a seagoing Schelde multi-purpose pontoon.

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    GAC boosts presence in the Baltic region with strategic acquisition

    2010-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - The GAC Group has strengthened its Baltic Sea region coverage with the acquisition of leading Finnish ship agent John Nurminen Navis (JNN). The company has been rebranded as GAC-Nurminen Navis.

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    GAC acquires Finnish ship agency

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - The GAC Group says it has strengthened its presence in the Baltic Sea region with the acquisition of Finnish ship agent, John Nurminen Navis Oy.

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    Boskalis posts strong result amid challenging market conditions

    2010-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Royal Boskalis Westminster NV realised a net profit of EUR123.9 million (USD159.3) in the first half of 2010, up from EUR102.7 million (USD132.1) in the first half of 2009.

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    Toll re-brands in China

    2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - The Australian-based Toll Group has launched a fully-owned and operated contract logistics operation in China after its integration into the Toll Global Logistics division.

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    ASCO takeover targets Norway energy sector

    2010-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - The ASCO Group has acquired a Norwegian freight forwarder in a bid to target the local energy sector.

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    Geodis Wilson in Atlanta facility expansion

    2010-08-06T00:00:00Z

    August 6 - Global freight forwarder Geodis Wilson has expanded its operations in Atlanta, USA into a new, larger, state-of-the-art facility.

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    G'day as Aussie mining plant shipped to DRC

    2010-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - An Australian gold processing plant purchased by Canadian mining company Banro for dismantling and reassembly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has begun arriving on site in the DRC.

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    BDP acquisition in Spain will handle project cargoes

    2010-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - Whilst project cargoes are not the main competency of BDP International's recently acquired Spanish company Euromodal SA, Arnie Bornstein executive director - Marketing & Corporate Communications said that the company's project logistics arm wil

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    Toll Group on acquisition trail

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    July 9 - Integrated logistics company, Toll Group is continuing on the acquisition trial and is acquiring WT Sea Air Group (WT) and Genesis Forwarding Group (Genesis), writes Alice Davidson.

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    Latest rumour regarding restart for An-124 production

    2010-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - Staff at HLPFI don't know what is more repetitive. Watching the England football team struggle through the group stage of a World Cup final (thank goodness for John Terry's backside), or anticipating news that the manufacture of the AN-124 is ab

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    Acergy and Subsea 7 to merge

    2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - In the first major consolidation in the oil services sector since the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico raised concerns of a regulatory clampdown on deepwater drilling activity, Acergy and Subsea 7 have agreed a USD5.4 billion merger.

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    Boom Logistics issues ststement on takeover rumours

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    June 11 - In Australia, Boom Logistics has issued a formal statement in response to rumours of a takeover bid from special transport, lifting and services group McAleese Transport and Archer Capital.

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    Coyne Airways boosts US sales activity

    2010-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Maindeck heavy lift cargo operator Coyne Airways has appointed a dedicated sales team in the USA to market its extensive network of air cargo delivery services to the Caspian region, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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    GAC sponsorship scores as Crystal Palace saved from liquidation

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Dubai-based forwarder GAC's sponsorship of English football club Crystal Palace was secure this week when the club was saved from liquidation at the 11th hour by a fans' takeover which took a full three months to negotiate.