European Commission clears Gotlandsbolaget and EQT deal for Nordic Ferry

Cleared under the simplified procedure (case M.12388): the Commission saw no competition concerns because the parties' businesses neither overlap nor sit in the same supply chain; price and closing date are not disclosed.

According to the report of 8 Jul 2026, the European Commission has approved the joint acquisition of control of Norway's Nordic Ferry Infrastructure Holding by Swedish shipping company Gotlandsbolaget and Luxembourg's EQT Fund Management. The deal concerns passenger and freight ferry services in Sweden, Denmark and Norway; it was cleared under the simplified procedure (case M.12388) because the businesses of the buyers and the target neither overlap nor sit in the same supply chain. The report gives no price or closing date. (LOK Report, 8 Jul 2026)