Brussels, 30/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Union has approved, subject to conditions, an operation by which Hutchison Whampoa Limited Group (Hong Kong) will acquire exclusive control of Rotterdam container terminal operator Europe Combined Terminals BV (ETC). As initially notified, the operation would have led to the creation of a dominant position on the market for the provision in Northern Europe of stevedoring services for transhipment carried by deep-sea container vessels.
The...