Amongst the news items dominating the maritime and ports sector over the past few weeks has been the deal between a consortium of BlackRock and TIL, with Hutchison Ports, for the acquisition of all of Hutchison’s ports assets (except in Hong Kong and China).
The deal was notable for its financial size and geographical scale, covering as it did 43 ports comprising 199 berths in 23 countries.
Note: Some news articles also mentioned the number of ports as 45 and 48.
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