MBO for Seawheel

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The senior management team at UKbased Seawheel has agreed to acquire the business from the Simon Group....

ITW absorbs Envopak

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Envopak Group, which controls Envoseal, one of the UK's leading manufacturers of container security products, has been acquired by ITW Ltd (...

GCS acquires tank depot

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UK-based special container manufacturer and lessor Gulf Container Systems (GCS) has acquired the business and assets of CAIB Intermodal Stor...

Freightliner unease

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A row is brewing in the UK over the plan of MCB Ltd, rail freight operator Freightliner's holding company, to acquire GB Railfreight (GBRf) ...

Slicing Simon’s pie

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Associated British Ports (ABP) is understood to be preparing a bid for Simon Group's ports division. This includes the succesful Humber Sea ...

ABP eyeing Simon?

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Associated British Ports (ABP) is reported to be interested in acquiring the Simon Group and is understood to have approached the UK's Offic...

Morris units sold

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Morris Material Handling Inc, which has been under Chapter XI bankruptcy protection in the USA since last May, has sold its industrial crane...

Chase takes NuCel back

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UK-based loading bay equipment manufacturer Chase Equipment has "re-acquired" service and maintenance company NuCel Services....

Cool US move by POCL

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P&O Cold Logistics (POCL) has expanded its operations into the north eastern region of the United States with the acquisition of the refrige...

MDHC bags Heysham

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The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) has announced that it has agreed terms with Sea Containers for the acquisition of Heysham Port L...

Ports’ operator in expansion mode

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Having recently added Concorde Container Line and Imari Ltd, its joint venture partner in Marine Terminals Ltd in Dublin (MTL), to its alrea...

Hutchison takes a Bath

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Hutchison's announcement that it had acquired the Bathside Bay area from Sea Containers (for around �10 million) to develop a new containe...

P&ON nets Harrison

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P&O Nedlloyd has reached agreement with The Charente Steamship Co Ltd to acquire the liner trading business interests of Thos & Jas Harrison...

Automation products key

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As previously reported in WorldCargo News (July 2000, p2) the Morris companies outside the Americas have been linked with France-based Fayat...

Simon bags NLT

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Simon Storage Ltd, the UK operator of bulk liquid and gas storage terminals, has acquired Norman Lewis Tankers Ltd (NLT) of Goole in Yorkshi...

ABP grabs NCS

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Associated British Ports (ABP) has reached an agreement to acquire Northern Cargo Services Ltd (NCS), the largest general cargo stevedore at...

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