Custom crystal deal toy marking the acquisition by private equity firm Cerberus of the Hanjin Subic Bay Shipyard. The facility, located near a former U.S. naval base, was converted into a commercial shipyard in the 1990’s. (22LJW106)
The transportation-themed deal toys shown here take inspiration from planes, freighters, boats, buses, drones, and more. The industry also utilizes commemoratives for service awards and operator certifications.
Custom crystal deal toy marking the acquisition by private equity firm Cerberus of the Hanjin Subic Bay Shipyard. The facility, located near a former U.S. naval base, was converted into a commercial shipyard in the 1990’s. (22LJW106)
Map-themed deal toy marking the acquisition of 68 Systems. The Singapore-based firm specializes in telecommunications infrastructure, network integration, and civil and environmental engineering. (22AKL256)
Wood deal tombstone commemorating the acquisition of the Stamford, Connecticut-based insurance company Navigators. Navigators serves 22 verticals, including maritime, life sciences, energy, and environmental.
(21AKL536)Lucite financial tombstone commemorating the acquisition of bus transportation Nobina. The company operates approximately 4,000 buses in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark.
(22LJW013)Crystal deal toy commemorating a private placement, and IPO, on behalf of Jassim Transport and Stevedoring Company (JTC). JTC is now listed on the Boursa Kuwait.
(21AJH170)Mining truck-themed deal toy.
(21LJW229)You’ll find beginning with the galleries on this page images of over 200 financial tombstones from the transportation sector. The deals commemorated here represent a full range of transportation modes and services. You’ll see deal toys featuring cars, airplanes, buses, railroads, trucks, motorcycles, subway systems, helicopters, light and passenger rail, passenger ships—to name just a few.
You’ll also find a number of deal toys with designs that play off many of the trappings commonly associated with the transportation industry. These include, for example, tombstone designs featuring highway signs, steering wheels, propellors, compasses, airline tickets, shipping containers, tunnels, traffic lights, tollbooths, port facilities, and parking lots.
You’ll recognize among these deal tombstones many of the sector’s highest-profile companies and players. These include international brands such as J.B. Hunt, Daimler, Airbus, Boeing, CMA CGM, Lyft, Kerry Logistics, HMM, Danaos, Expedia, Hyundai, United, Maersk, General Motors, Air Canada, and United.
But the deal toy galleries here also highlight a number of less prominent players and deals from the transportation space. Those include the acquisition of a firm specializing in airline shopping data; Series B financing for a SaaS provider for connected cars; the acquisition of an Austrian manufacturer of headlight systems; the initial public offering for an Australian luxury car dealer; and the acquisition of a Texas-based company specializing in automatic tire inflation systems for trailers.
The galleries also feature designs that recognize deals outside the transportation sector, ones that nevertheless have relevant themes. These deal tombstones include, for instance, a bicycle-themed design celebrating the sale of a group of Dutch hotels; one with a tram theme marking several transactions in the Swiss telecom sector; and a Roman galley-inspired piece commemorating a landmark media transaction.
Finally, there are pieces included here that are unrelated to any financial transaction. These commemorate achievements in the sector. They include the surpassing of a user milestone for a public transportation app, and of a growth milestone for a corporate intermodal fleet.
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