As informed, CMA CGM has signed an agreement with Container Finance pursuant to which the container shipping and logistics business Containerships and Container Finance’s holdings in Multi-Link Terminals and CD Holding will become part of the CMA CGM Group.
The agreement remains subject to approval by the relevant authorities and the estimated closing is between 3-6 months, according to Containerships.
Upon closing of the transaction, Container Finance’s entire container logistics operations will integrate CMA CGM intra-regional market offering in Europe and Mediterranean area.
CMA CGM Group is already present on the intra-regional market through its subsidiaries: CNC in Intra Asia, Mercosul in Brazil, Sofrana in the Pacific Islands regional maritime trade, and MacAndrews in Europe.
“The acquisition of Containerships will strengthen even more the development strategy implemented by Rodolphe Saadé, CMA CGM Group’s Chairman and CEO, aimed at densifying the group’s regional network,” CMA CGM said in a statement.
Founded in 1966, Containerships is an intra-European Shortsea specialist with a presence in the Baltic market, Russia, Northern Europe, North Africa and Turkey. With a workforce of 560 people, Containerships offers a complete range of services, as well as logistics solutions by ship, truck, rail and barges.
Commenting on the recently signed agreement, Containerships said it “continues to execute its LNG strategy as planned and will launch four LNG-fuelled vessels between August 2018 and January 2019.
法國集裝箱運輸CMA CGM決定收購一家專門從事歐洲市場的芬蘭公司集裝箱船隊。
據悉，CMA CGM已與Container Finance簽署協議，據此，集裝箱航運和物流業務集裝箱船和Container Finance持有的Multi-Link碼頭和CD Holding將成為CMA CGM集團的一部分。
根據集裝箱船公司的協議，該協議尚待有關部門批准，預計關閉時間為3-6個月。
交易完成後，Container Finance的整個集裝箱物流業務將整合CMA CGM在歐洲和地中海地區的區域內市場。
CMA CGM集團已通過下列子公司在區域內市場進行業務：亞洲區內的CNC，巴西的Mercosul，太平洋島嶼區域海上貿易的Sofrana以及歐洲的MacAndrews。
CMA CGM在一份聲明中表示：“收購Containerships將進一步加強CMA CGM集團董事長兼首席執行官RodolpheSaadé的發展戰略，旨在致力於集團的區域網絡。”
Containerships成立於1966年，是一家歐洲內部的Shortsea專家，在波羅的海市場，俄羅斯，北歐，北非和土耳其等地均有銷售。集裝箱船隊擁有560名員工，提供全面的服務，以及通過船舶，卡車，鐵路和駁船提供的物流解決方案。
在評論最近簽署的協議時，Containerships表示 “將繼續按計劃執行其液化天然氣戰略，並將於2018年8月至2019年1月之間推出4艘液化天然氣燃料船。”
Information source: World Maritime News Staff; Image Courtesy: CMA CGM
