TransAtlantic acquires Merilinja operations
TransAtlantic has acquired the operations of the Finnish shipping company Merilinja. This is an asset deal where TransAtlantic purchases substantially all of Merilinja’s assets and assumes Merilinja’s chartered-in vessels. Included in Merilinja’s assets are its customer contracts. Merilinja offers feeder services within container shipping between Finland (Kokkola and Oulu) and Antwerp with revenues of approximately SEK 100 M per year. ”We are very excited to acquire Merilinja’s broad and sizable customer base. Combined with TransAtlantic existing activities, this gives us a unique