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Merger control
Case reference
Ccent/2025/54 - Grupo Sousa / TIRGAL
Acquiring
GSMarítima, Lda.
Description
A company active, directly and through subsidiaries, in the maritime cargo transportation and integrated logistics sector, it is part of the Sousa Group, a maritime-port group with activities in the logistics, energy, and tourism sectors, headquartered in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The Sousa Group owns shipping companies, port and trucking operations, shipping agents, freight forwarders, logistics, tugboats, and warehouses, and is also present in the natural gas logistics, energy production, and tourism sectors.
Acquired
TIRGAL - Transitários de Portugal, Lda.
Description
Company active in providing freight forwarding services (essentially) by sea for containerized cargo and conventional cargo, from the ports of Lisbon and Leixões to the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Autonomous Region of the Azores and West Africa - São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde and Angola.
Sector
Activity (NACE)
Applicable legislation
Notification thresholds
Type of merger
Cooperation with sector regulators
  • AMT - Mobility and Transport Authority
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Non-opposition
Case description

The concentration operation consists of the acquisition, by GS Marítima, Lda. (“GS Marítima”), of exclusive control over TIRGAL – Transitários de Portugal Lda. (“Tirgal”).
Timeline
2025-08-20
AdC adopted a non-opposition decision in concentration operation 54/2025 - Grupo Sousa / TIRGAL.
2025-07-14
Sousa Group notifies the acquisition of exclusive control over TIRGAL.
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