Apontes reportedly mull carving Panama ports out of $22.8bn CK Hutchison deal

The Aponte family are reportedly considering separating two controversial facilities in Panama from their deal with BlackRock to acquire a swathe of ports from CK Hutchison.

The report emerged days after it became clear that a subsidiary of the Apontes’ Switzerland-based MSC Group was the senior partner in the $22.8bn deal for 43 port properties, including the two container terminals controlled by CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Co.