China Merchants in talks to invest in CMA CGM port assets

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By Alex Lennane

02/09/2019

CMA CGM can’t be all things to all people – and it appears to be considering a partial sale of some port assets. Its purchase of Ceva Logistics has left it looking to reduce its debt, notes Bloomberg, and it is in talks with China Merchants Group over port infrastructure. The Chinese group has invested before: in 2013 it bought 49% of CMA CGM’s Terminal Link unit, and it is said to be eyeing “several hundred million US dollars” on new investments.

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