Tough times – past, present and future?
NewsBuffeted by the recession, some ports are looking to diversify their client base and cargo activities....
PD Ports sold for 1$ by BBI
NewsCanadian group Brookfield Asset Management will become the new owner of PD Ports and is also taking a significant stake in Dalrymple Bay Coa...
PD Ports to be sold for A$1
NewsCanadian group Brookfield Asset Management will take over PD Ports in the UK and buy a significant stake in the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal ...
BBI finds new money
NewsSydney-based Brown & Babcock Infrastructure (BBI) has struck a preliminary agreement with an unnamed investor that may see mooted asset sale...
Fresh capital for Euroports
NewsThe two minority shareholders in Luxembourg-based ports operator Euroports have increased their stakes. As of 28 July, the new ownership lin...
PD Ports plc up for sale
NewsBabcock & Brown Infrastructure has hired Royal Bank of Scotland and Dresdner Kleinwort to sell UK ports operator PD Ports...
BBI looking to sell more
NewsSydney-based Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) will consider selling 100% of PD Ports in the UK, all but 15% of BBI Euroports and at leas...
BBI sells 30% stake in European ports portfolio
NewsBabcock & Brown Infrastructure Group has announced it sold about a 29.7% stake in its European ports business to two outside investors for a...
BBI seeks investor?
NewsBabcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) is understood to be looking to bring in outside financing for its Northern Gateway Container Terminal (...
Ghent adds lo-lo containers to its portfolio
NewsFollowing a trend towards the development of petrochemical complexes nearer to the main source of supply rather than demand, the Port of Ghe...
Container terminal for Gent
NewsInitial capacity for a new shortsea/feeder container terminal in Gent is put at 150,000 TEU/year...
New shortsea lo-lo terminal for Ghent
NewsA joint venture of Manuport, in which Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) recently acquired a majority stake, and Finland’s Container Fin...
Northern Gateway gets the go-ahead…
NewsAs this issue was going to press, Babcock & Brown Infrastructure subsidiary PD Ports announced that it had received the green light to proce...
Teesport to launch feeder service
NewsPD Ports, part of Babcock & Brown Infrastructure, is set to launch its own lo-lo container service between Teesport and Felixstowe in Februa...
BBI adds Finland
NewsAustralian investment fund manager Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) has further extended its European ports portfolio by acquiring two F...