Asian Investors Bet on Haifa Port as Israel Draws Closer to Arab Gulf
The city of Haifa is set to become an increasingly significant east Mediterranean shipping hub, with Chinese and Indian firms buying into its ports as Israel normalizes ties with its Gulf Arab neighbors under a U.S. diplomatic push.Earlier this month, as U.S. President Joe Biden visited the Middle East, India's largest port developer Adani Ports and Israeli minority partner Gadot agreed to buy Haifa Port for 4.1 billion shekels ($1.18 billion).Its founder, Asia's richest man Gautam Adani…
Adani Ports to Boost Trade Lanes with Joint Haifa Port Acquisition
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone said its acquisition of Haifa Port with a local Israeli partner will boost trade lanes with the company's Indian ports and could better connect Europe and the Middle East in the longer term.After a two-year tender process, Adani Ports and local chemicals and logistics group Gadot clinched the 4.1 billion shekel ($1.18 billion) winning bid for Haifa Port, Israel announced on Thursday.Adani Ports will have a 70% stake and Gadot will hold the remaining 30%…
Israel Sells Haifa Port for $1.2B
Israel said on Thursday it will sell Haifa Port, a major trade hub on its Mediterranean coast, to winning bidders Adani Ports APSE.NS of India and local chemicals and logistics group Gadot for 4.1 billion shekels ($1.18 billion).Gadot and Adani made it to the end of a two-year tender process that Israel hopes will lower import prices and help shorten notoriously long wait times at Israeli harbors."The privatization of the port of Haifa will increase competition at the ports and lower the cost of living…
Haifa Port Sale Expected to Fetch $600m or More, Bidders Line Up
Four investment groups are looking to acquire the Israeli port of Haifa estimated to be valued as high as $600 million with formal bids expected towards October, sources with knowledge of the matter said.Israel is selling its state-owned ports and building new private docks in an effort to encourage competition and bring down costs. At the same time, warming ties with neighboring Arab countries are creating new trade opportunities and Haifa is well placed to become a regional…
Gadot Chemical Tankers Wins US$80-million International Arbitration
The sale of Gadot Chemical Terminals and Tankers Ltd. by Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT ) will be able to move forward, after the London Maritime Arbitration Association ruled in the company's favor in the hearing against a Chinese shipyard from which it ordered four ships in 2007, reports Globes [online], Israel business news. The arbitration tribunal awarded Gadot $80 million, which it will receive in a few weeks, and which will reduce its debt and boost its value. Source: Globes [online], Israel business news
AMPL: Offer to Acquire Gadot
Ampal-American Israel Corporation (AMPL) announced that Merhav-Ampal Energy Ltd. (MAE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ampal, has commenced offers in Israel to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock and all outstanding convertible debentures of Gadot Chemical Tankers And Terminals Ltd. The consummation of the offer to purchase the Shares is conditioned upon, among other things, the tender of at least 15.72% of the outstanding Shares of Gadot and the tender of a sufficient number of convertible debentures such that Gadot will not be reporting issuer due to the convertible debentures. If the offers to purchase the Shares and convertible debentures are consummated…
AMPL: Offer to Acquire Gadot
Ampal-American Israel Corporation (AMPL) announced that Merhav-Ampal Energy Ltd. (MAE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ampal, has commenced offers in to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock and all outstanding convertible debentures of Gadot Chemical Tankers And Terminals Ltd. The consummation of the offer to purchase the Shares is conditioned upon, among other things, the tender of at least 15.72% of the outstanding Shares of Gadot and the tender of a sufficient number of convertible debentures such that Gadot will not be reporting issuer due to the convertible debentures. If the offers to purchase the Shares and convertible debentures are consummated…
Gadot Chemicals Tankers Considers Floating GCT
Gadot Chemicals Tankers and Terminals Ltd. is considering floating its subsidiary, Gadot Chemical Terminals (1985) Ltd. (GCT). According to reports, GCT currently has a company value of NIS 250 million, and that an IPO would be held during the first half of the year. Gadot Chemicals Tankers and Terminals comprises of two main businesses: GCT and its shipping business, as well as a number of other subsidiaries in a range of fields. Last November, Gadot acquired full control of Dutch company Bax Chemicals BV for NIS 31 million. Source: Globes Online
