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French Shipper CMA CGM Agrees to Buy California Terminal

  • The agreement has an enterprise value of $2.3 billion
  • EQT had been working with Rothschild & Co. to solicit interest
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CMA CGM SA, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, agreed to buy Fenix Marine Services, which operates a container terminal in the Port of Los Angeles, in a deal with an enterprise value of $2.3 billion.

CMA CGM reached the agreement with EQT Infrastructure, according to a statementBloomberg Terminal Wednesday. The shipper, which already owned a 10% stake in the Fenix terminal, beat out offers from other bidders including infrastructure funds, according to people with knowledge of the matter, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday.