The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has approved the acquisition by the German logistics company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) of the intermodal terminal of Eurobridge Intermodal Terminal LLC, located in Batiovo, Zakarpattia region.
The corresponding permit was published on the AMCU website on August 7.
As previously reported, the new terminal will operate under the name HHLA Eurobridge Batiovo as a joint venture between HHLA International GmbH and the Ukrainian investment company Fortior Capital LLC. HHLA will hold a controlling stake and, together with its subsidiary METRANS, will continue the terminal's development.
It is noted that the HHLA Eurobridge Batiovo terminal is located near the EU border at the intersection of several international rail corridors, including Ukraine, Hungary, and Slovakia. Thanks to access to both standard gauge (1435 mm) and broad gauge (1520 mm) tracks, the terminal is an ideal solution for integrating European and Ukrainian logistics networks.
The owner of the Fortior Capital group and beneficiary of the venture funds Fortior Finance, Fortior 207, and LLC Intermodal Terminal Eurobridge is Mykola Nesterenko, former director for new business development at SCM, who in 2021 bought Fortior Capital’s share from partner Oleksandr Kamyshin, who was then appointed head of Ukrzaliznytsia.
