
Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), the company
terminalista of the shipowning group Mediterranean Shipping Company
(MSC) which is owned by Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC and
from the GIP infrastructure fund, has agreed to purchase the entire
share capital of Terminal Darsena Toscana (TDT), a company
which manages the homonymous container terminal in the port of Livorno. TDT
will be sold by Gruppo Investimenti Portuali (GIP), the company
Founded in 1993 by four Genoese families active in the sector
maritime-port that in 2017 passed to the companies
of investment Infracapital and Infravia
(
of
22
February 2017). GIP also owns minority interests
in the port terminals PSA Genova Pra', PSA Sech and Vecon of the group
PSA Italy.
TiL will acquire TDT through its subsidiary CSM
Italia-Gate Spa and the completion of the operation will be
subject to receipt of necessary approvals from the
competent authorities. The parties specified that the terms
The agreement will not be disclosed.
Highlighting that the acquisition of TDT confirms the commitment of
long-term of the TiL group to invest in Italy and to strengthen the
logistics throughout the country and in Europe, as well as enhancing
connections with the rest of the world, Terminal Investment Limited has
specified that it will continue to manage TDT as a business
autonomous, offering its container terminal services.
The terminal of Terminal Darsena Toscana has a capacity
of annual traffic pairs to 900 thousand teu. Currently the main
TiL's investment in Italy is represented by
Medcenter Container Terminal, the company that manages the
container terminal of the port of Gioia Tauro.