Maersk Buys Danish Project Logistics Company for $61 Million
11.08.2022
A.P. Moller Maersk A/S agreed to by a Danish project logistic company as the transport giant spends some of its windfall from surging container rates to expand its land-based operations.
Maersk will pay $61 million in enterprise value for Martin Bencher Group, the Copenhagen-based company said in a statement on Friday. Maersk said it’s paying a multiple of 7.1 times estimated 2021 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization for the firm.
Maersk, which controls about one-sixth of the world’s container trade, earlier this week raised its 2022 profit forecast to a record $31 billion as bottlenecks in key trade lanes continue to boost rates. The company is pursuing a strategy to build out its land-based logistic — where profit margins historically have been higher than at sea — through takeovers and organic growth.
Taiwan Turmoil Prompts Detours and Delays for Global Shipping
04.08.2022
China’s announcement of military drills around Taiwan as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits the island is already having ripple effects across global supply chains, prompting detours and causing delays of energy shipments.
Gas suppliers are rerouting or reducing speed on some liquefied natural gas vessels currently en route to North Asia, according to people familiar with the matter. Shipments to Taiwan and Japan this weekend will be affected, said the people, who requested anonymity as the information isn’t public.
Shipping companies are reassessing their options after China’s response to the visit of the highest-ranking U.S. official to the island in 25 years. The actions threaten to disrupt one of the world’s busiest waterways.
Industrial real estate developer Panattoni plans to invest over $200 mn in India
27.07.2022
Panattoni, one of the largest industrial real estate developers in the world, plans to invest over $200 million in the India market by the end of the ongoing fiscal year.
The company plans to partner with global institutional investors to facilitate the deployment of capital directly in the fast-expanding Indian industrial and warehouse market.
Panattoni’s initial focus will be on the top eight Indian cities.
“Our access to global institutional capital and an extensive international occupier network will supplement the strong core demand for modern, sustainable industrial and logistics real estate we are seeing from domestic Indian companies,” said Sandeep Chanda, the newly appointed managing director-India, Panattoni.
“Greater supply chain efficiency, rapid e-commerce growth, and consolidation among third-party logistics providers are all fundamental market drivers that India increasingly shares with its counterparts in the United States and Europe,” said Chanda, who was earlier head of strategy and acquisitions at Embassy Industrial Parks.