Nel terzo trimestre di quest'anno P&O Ports ha movimentato 3.753.000 teu (+6,1%)

Nel terzo trimestre di quest'anno la società terminalista P&O Ports ha movimentato 3.753.000 teu, con un incremento del 6,1% rispetto allo stesso periodo del 2004. Nei primi nove mesi di quest'anno la movimentazione si è attestata a 10.871.000 teu, in crescita del 6,8% rispetto al periodo gennaio-settembre dello scorso anno. Per l'intero esercizio 2005 - ha annunciato oggi il gruppo britannico P&O - si prevede che la divisione terminalistica del gruppo ottenga un risultato operativo inferiore del 2-3% rispetto alle attese.

Nel terzo trimestre del 2005 la divisione Ferries di P&O ha registrato una diminuzione dei volumi determinati dai flussi turistici ed una stabilità dei volumi dei traffici delle merci.

P&O
Ports

	Throughput(1) (TEU '000)
	Q3		Year to Date
	2005	2004	2005	2004
By Region
Asia	1,664	1,481	4,832	4,275
Americas	614	552	1,781	1,614
Europe	985	1,040	2,833	2,935
ANZ	490	465	1,425	1,357
Total	3,753	3,538	10,871	10,181

(1)	Throughput is reported on an equity-adjusted basis, i.e. 100% of volumes through subsidiaries plus the equity share of associate and joint venture volumes. Therefore equity-adjusted throughput recognises the actual volume that contributes to P&O Ports' earnings as reported in its income statement.

P&O
Ferries

	Carryings ('000)
	Q3		Year to Date
	2005	2004	2005	2004
Freight Units
Short Sea	256	259	709	738
Other Routes	212	208	638	612
Total	468	467	1,347	1,350
Cars + coaches
Short Sea	486	531	984	1,178
Other Routes	164	143	352	313
Total	650	674	1,336	1,491
Passengers
Short Sea	2,708	3,097	5,969	7,290
Other Routes	690	634	1,595	1,520
Total	3,398	3,731	7,564	8,810

(1)

'Short Sea' is the Dover-Calais route. 'Other Routes' is an aggregation of P&O Ferries' other routes around the UK, on the North Sea, the Irish Sea and the Western Channel.

(2)

Carryings are reported for continuing routes only and consequently the data has been restated to exclude the routes that have been closed or discontinued during 2004/5. These are the Mostyn-Dublin, Dublin-Cherbourg, Rosslare-Cherbourg and Fleetwood-Larne routes on the Irish Sea and the Portsmouth routes to Caen and Cherbourg on the Western Channel. Further, carryings are excluded for the loss making Portsmouth-Le Havre route which closed at the end of September 2005. To the date of closure, carryings on the Portsmouth-Le Havre route in 2005 were: freight 46,000 units (2004: 50,000), cars & coaches 198,000 units (2004: 136,000) and passengers 658,000 (2004: 524,000).