Freightliner to be sold to Arcapita

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According to British broadsheet The Daily Telegraph, Arcapita, a Bahrain-based Sharia-compliant but non-sovereign investment fund, is in talks to acquire Freightliner, Great Britain’s leading rail intermodal haulier, for around £350M including debt.

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