
Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), terminal operator
of the Swiss shipping group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)
indirectly owned by the private equity firm
BlackRock, has withdrawn the request for authorization submitted
to the European Commission to the joint acquisition, together with the
Barcelona Europe South Terminal of the terminal operator group Hutchison
Ports of Hong Kong, of the Terminal Catalunya container terminal
(Tercat) of the port of Barcelona, an operation on which the
last year Brussels had launched an in-depth investigation
(
of
10
December 2025). The decision to withdraw was
notified on 3 August in the Official Register of Cases Treated
by the European Commission on competition matters.