KYIV, Jan 4 - P&O Maritime, a fully owned subsidiary of DP World Group, has started operating in Ukraine to provide towing services in the Yuzhny seaport (Odesa region) via the acquisition of a towing company.

The press service of SD Capital investment company founded by the co-owner of TIS Group Andriy Stavnitser and its manager Filip Hrushko, P&O Maritime acquired a controlling stake in LB Shipping that provides towing services. The co-investor in the deal was SD Capital. The sum of the deal is not disclosed.