CK Hutchison Confirms Italian Tycoon’s Lead Role in Ports Deal

CK Hutchison Confirms Italian Tycoon’s Lead Role in Ports Deal

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. has told investors that Italian billionaire Gianluigi Aponte’s family-run business is the “main investor” of a group seeking to buy its global ports and that the sale won’t proceed until after various authorities vet the deal.

Aponte’s MSC is the primary investor in the port’s transaction: CK Hutchison - Maritime Gateway

The principal investor in a group looking to purchase 43 ports from the Hong Kong company is the family-run MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, owned by Italian billionaire Gianluigi Aponte, according to CK Hutchison. At a time when trade tensions between the United States and China are rising, the sale of assets, which would include two ports along the strategically significant Panama Canal, has become extremely politicized. China’s top market …

CK Hutchison confirms Aponte's MSC is main investor in ports deal - India Seatrade News

CK Hutchison confirmed on Thursday that Italian billionaire Gianluigi Aponte’s family-run MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is the main investor in a group seeking to buy 43 ports from the Hong Kong conglomerate. Hutchison co-managing director Dominic Lai was speaking at the company’s annual general meeting following weeks of scrutiny and criticism in China of its proposal to sell most of its $22.8 billion global ports business to a consortium …

MSC confirmed as leading investor in CK Hutchison ports deal

CK Hutchison has confirmed that MSC is the main investor in a consortium looking to acquire 43 of its global port assets.

CK Hutchison Confirms Aponte's MSC is Main Investor in Ports Deal

HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) – CK Hutchison confirmed on Thursday that Italian billionaire Gianluigi Aponte’s family-run MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is the main investor in a group seeking to buy 43 ports from...

CK Hutchison Confirms Mediterranean Shipping Company As Main Investor in Ports Deal

CK Hutchison confirmed on Thursday that Italian billionaire Gianluigi Aponte's family-run MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is the main investor in a group seeking…