OOIL announces the sale of Long Beach Container Terminal

Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL) and Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (MIP) announced that OOIL’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, OOCL and Long Beach Container Terminal, have entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement to sell 100 percent of LBCT to a consortium led by MIP, for $1.78 billion.

As part of the sale, Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL) will also enter into a Container Stevedoring and Terminal Services Agreement with LBCT for a 20-year period, confirming its significant long-term commitment to LBCT.

Commenting on the sale, Andy Tung, Co-Chief Executive Officer of OOCL, said: “Over the past thirty years, we have developed Long Beach Container Terminal into the safest, most efficient and lowest-emission terminal in the United States. We are confident of the future prospects of the terminal under the ownership of MIP and its co-investors, and we look forward to being a long term strategic customer of Long Beach Container Terminal and the Port of Long Beach.”

Karl Kuchel, Chief Executive Officer of MIP, commented that: “We are pleased to acquire LBCT, a premier terminal in the largest port complex in North America, which serves as a gateway for trans-Pacific trade. This transaction marks another key milestone in our relationship with OOIL and we greatly appreciate their significant long-term customer commitment to LBCT. We look forward to partnering with the Port of Long Beach and the LBCT management team to ensure that LBCT delivers high-quality service to OOCL and our other customers going forward. We are also committed to completing the current expansion of LBCT by 2022, which will significantly increase the capacity of the terminal.”

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6th May 2019