BIP vs GRIN

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP Limited Partnership Unit

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. owns and operates utilities, transport, midstream, and data businesses in North and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The Utilities segment operates approximately 4,200 kilometers (km) of natural gas pipelines; 2,000 km of electricity transmission lines; and 6.9 million electricity and natural gas connections, as well as 1.5 million installed smart meters; and 330,000 long-term contracted sub-metering services. This segment also offers centralized heating and cooling systems; centralized gas distribution and cogeneration for heating, cooling, and energy; and water heater, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioner rental, and other home services. The Transport segment offers transportation, storage, and handling services for freight, commodities, and passengers through a network of approximately 22,000 Km of track network in North America and Europe; 5,500 km of track network in south of Western Australia; 4,800 km of rail in Brazil; 3,800 km of motorways in Brazil, Chile, Peru and India; and 13 port terminals. The Midstream segment offers natural gas transmission, gathering and processing, and storage services through approximately 15,000 km of natural gas transmission pipelines; 600 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage; 16 natural gas processing plants; and 3,400 km of gas gathering pipelines. The Data segment operates approximately 137,000 operational telecom towers in India; 7,000 multi-purpose towers and active rooftop sites in France; 10,000 km of fiber backbone in France and Brazil; 1,600 cell sites and 11,500 km of fiber optic cable in New Zealand; and 2,100 active telecom towers and 70 distributed antenna systems in the United Kingdom, as well as 54 data centers and 198 megawatts of critical load capacity. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. is a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd.

Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd., an international shipping company, owns, charters-in, and operates a fleet of dry bulk carriers and tankers worldwide. It operates a fleet of 23 owned dry bulk carriers and 8 long-term chartered-in dry bulk carriers that transport a range of bulk and breakbulk commodities, including ores, coal, grains, forestry products, steel products, and fertilizers. The company also operates a fleet of four owned tankers, which carry petroleum products, such as petrol, diesel, jet fuel, and naptha, as well as heavy fuel oil; and low hazard chemical products comprising liquid bulk vegetable oils. Its customers include shipping companies, trading houses, mining companies, industrial manufacturing companies, and oil companies, as well as traders of grains, steel, and forestry products. The company was founded in 1910 and is based in Singapore.