Financial Deals Industry Insight Full Year 2008 - Transport & Logistics

Table of Contents

DATAMONITOR VIEW

• CATALYST
• SUMMARY
• CROSS BORDER DEALS DOMINATE DEAL ACTIVITY
• SHIPPING AND AVIATION GARNERS THE MOST INTEREST
• EUROPEAN RAIL FREIGHT
• ASIA PACIFIC DOMINANCE OF DEAL ACTIVITY
• THE FINANCIAL DEAL ENVIRONMENT FOR 2009The trend of constant reduction of deal volumes and values which was evident in 2008 will continue into 2009 and will inevitably worsen. As the global credit crunch filters fully through into the real economy and from North America and Europe into the other regions of the world we will see less deal activity and reduced valuations of transport sector targets. Having said that, as extremely tough market conditions in all sectors of transport continue through 2009 there will be more transport companies up for sale as they experience financial difficulty. We have already seen transport and logistics companies, in the early part of 2009 make strategic link ups such as Swiss logistics group Kuehne & Nagel agreeing to buy J. Martens, a Norwegian service provider to the oil and gas industry. This deal strengthens Kuehne & Nagel' s capabilities by diversifying into the gas and oil logistics industry.

APPENDIX

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• Datamonitor consulting
• Disclaimer

FIGURES

• Figure: Global M&A deal volume in the T&L industry (Jan 2008- December 2008)
• Figure: Global M&A deal value in the T&L industry
• Figure: Global M&A deal volume in the T&L industry
• Figure: Global M&A deal value in the T&L industry