COPENHAGEN, July 7 (Reuters) - Private equity firms 3iInfrastructure and AMP Capital have agreed to jointlyacquire Danish shipping company Esvagt, shipping and oil groupA.P. Moller-Maersk said on Tuesday.
The deal values Esvagt at 4.1 billion Danish crowns ($607million).
A.P. Moller-Maersk controls 75 percent of the shares inEsvagt while the rest is controlled by a group of individualinvestors.
Esvagt has a fleet of 53 vessels and is a provider ofoffshore safety and support at sea primarily in and around theNorth Sea and the Barents Sea.
($1 = 6.7594 Danish crowns) (Reporting by Ole Mikkelsen; Editing by Mark Potter)