Fire on Ro-Ro ship in Antwerp leaves 25 people trapped by smoke
NewsA fire on the Silver Sun at a dry dock in Antwerp trapped 25 people due to heavy smoke but was quickly controlled, prompting a medical emergency plan.
The two minority shareholders in Luxembourg-based ports operator Euroports have increased their stakes. As of 28 July, the new ownership line-up is Sydney ASX-listed Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) with 66%, Paris-based Antin Infrastructure Partners (associated with BNP Paribas) with 19.9% and London-based Arcus European Infrastructure with 14.1%. In addition, Antin has an option to extend its shareholding by a further 5.97%.
In January this year BBI announced that it had sold 19.9% and 9.8% stakes in Euroports respectively to Antin and Babcock & Brown European Infrastructure Fund (BBEIF) for around (€121.5M).
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