The Port of Rotterdam wants to buy a third of Duisburg port, Handelsblatt said, citing Rotterdam Chief Executive Officer Hans Smits, Bloomberg reports.
Smits said the Dutch government and the city of Rotterdam wouldn’t be opposed in principle to a swap of stakes with the German government, which owns Duisburger Hafen AG along with the city of Duisburg and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the newspaper reported.
Smits added that it wouldn’t be a problem for Rotterdam port to privately finance the purchase, Handelsblatt said.
Smits said the Dutch government and the city of Rotterdam wouldn’t be opposed in principle to a swap of stakes with the German government, which owns Duisburger Hafen AG along with the city of Duisburg and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the newspaper reported.
Smits added that it wouldn’t be a problem for Rotterdam port to privately finance the purchase, Handelsblatt said.