If the acquisition of 80% of the capital of the terminal operator group Hutchison Ports of Hong Kong and 90% of its Panama subsidiary Ports Company (PPC) will go through, the company terminal operator Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) of the group Swiss shipowner Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) would become the sole owner of all the ports of the Chinese group with the exception of the two Panamanian ports of the PPC which would be controlled by the American BlackRock. This was announced today the "Bloomberg" news agency which, referring to to the agreement worth 22.8 billion dollars signed at the beginning of last month ( of 4 March 2025), attributes to TiL the possible ownership of the ports of Hutchison Ports, meaning rather the possible owned by the companies of the Chinese group that for the vast majority, through concession contracts, manage 43 port terminals that are and will continue to be owned by state.

According to sources told Bloomberg, the terminals of the Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa would instead pass under the management of a consortium participated in the 49% by Terminal Investment Limited and 51% by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) of BlackRock, which is shareholder of the same TiL of which it holds 30% of the capital together with Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).

Specifying that negotiations for the sale are still in progress course, "Bloomberg" recalled that it is nevertheless The goal of finalizing the sale of the stake has already failed of the Panama Ports Company, which was expected to be completed by 2 April.