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IFM Investors To Acquire Majority Stake In UK Port Operator ABP

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

IFM Investors, owned by Australian and UK pension funds, is acquiring a 63.9 per cent stake in Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest ports group

These two paragraphs add more detail.

The fund manager has signed an agreement with CPP Investments, which will sell its 33.9 per cent interest in ABP, and OMERS, which will divest its 30 per cent stake. Financial terms have not been disclosed, and the transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2027, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

ABP operates 19 ports across the UK, handling approximately 25 per cent of the country’s seaborne trade. According to the company, its ports support more than half of the UK’s offshore wind industry.

The Wikipedia entry for Associated British Ports (ABP) gives more details about the company.

  • The company seems to have had a bit of a chequered history since it was created on nationalisation after World War II.
  • Then Mrs. Thatcher sold it off.
  • But it does seem to be doing a fair bit of trade and manufacturing and perhaps IFM Investors feel there is money to be made.
  • I do wonder, if ports will in the future

A 63% stake certainly gives control.

I have a thought.

Could Ports Like Those In ABP’s Portfolio, Expand Into The Supply  Of Low-Carbon Fuel For Shipping And Heavy RoadTransport?

Google AI tells me that IFM Investors invests in the hydrogen and low-carbon fuels sector as part of its energy transition strategy.

“Now there’s a thing”, as my late wife would say!

In Investment in Grain LNG, I talk about how Centrica and their plans, after the purchase of the Grain LNG Terminal, include the bunkering of ships.

 

October 22, 2026 - Posted by | Artificial Intelligence, Hydrogen, Manufacturing | , , , , , , ,

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