Article: Aboitiz group no longer selling transport subsidiary.(Shipping)

The Aboitiz group is no longer looking for a new buyer for Aboitiz Transport System Corporation (ATS) as it has decided to grow the business instead of selling it after margins have begun to recover.Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. (AEV) and its principal stockholder, Aboitiz & Company, Inc. (ACO), have been informed earlier this year by KGLI-NM, Holdings Inc. (KGLI-NM) that KGLI-NM will not proceed with the purchase of $30 million worth of ATS common shares.In an interview, AEV president Erramon Aboitiz said their transport business has become viable again after fuel prices have gone down and margins have gone back up again in recent months. Fuel gobbles up the biggest ...

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