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No Kuehne counter offer on table for Hamburg port operator – authority

Published by Uma Rajagopal

Posted on September 14, 2023

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· Last updated: January 31, 2026

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No Kuehne counter offer on table for Hamburg port operator – authority BERLIN (Reuters) – The city of Hamburg’s economy authority said there was no counter offer on the table from billionaire logistics investor Klaus-Michael Kuehne for a majority stake in the HHLA port operator, in an emailed statement to Reuters on Thursday. On Wednesday, […]

No Kuehne counter offer on table for Hamburg port operator – authority

BERLIN (Reuters) – The city of Hamburg’s economy authority said there was no counter offer on the table from billionaire logistics investor Klaus-Michael Kuehne for a majority stake in the HHLA port operator, in an emailed statement to Reuters on Thursday.

On Wednesday, Kuehne, who owns a 30% stake in Hapag-Lloyd, said he was examining a public takeover bid of his own after Swiss-based MSC offered to buy almost half of the HHLA in a deal with the local Hamburg government.

(Reporting by Jan C Schwartz, Writing by Rachel More, Editing by Miranda Murray)

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