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Eurogate increases the profits against a marginal increment of the volume of transactions
In 2011 it is in program a resumption of the investments in sight of the inauguration of the container terminal of Wilhelmshaven
April 20, 2011
Last year the terminalista group German Eurogate, also having increasing only marginally (+1.4%) the revenues that have been attested to 599,5 million euros regarding 591,4 million euros in 2009, has improved in way more emphasized the operating result (EBITDA), that it is gone up of 5.1% to 157,3 million euros, and the profit clearly, that it is increased of 28.9% to 61,6 million euros.
"In 2010 - it has observed the president of the German group, Thomas Eckelmann - it has been a resumption of the world-wide exchanges that has determined an increase of 5.2% of handling of the volumes of container in our Eurogate terminals". We remember in fact that, with exclusion of the volumes enlivened in 2009 from participated the Italian TDT from which the successively German group has exited, last year Eurogate has enlivened altogether 12.629.986 teu regarding 12.002.085 teu in 2009 ( on 2 February 2011).
"The total resumption of the economy - Eckelmann has explained - is not the single cause of the meaningful increase of the profits that are influenced positively also by our careful management of the costs and by the reduction of the investments". Last year, in fact, the investments of the group are piled to 24,1 million euros, with a decrease of 75.0% regarding 96,7 million euros in 2009.
Fiscal year 2011 - however it has specified Eckelmann - will be dominated by the construction of the superstructure of the Eurogate Container Wilhelmshaven Terminal, that it is previewed enters in August 2012 in activity ( on May 28, 2010, ndr). In spite of a context of the still difficult market - it has concluded the president of the German group - in the 2011 we expect an increase of the traffic volumes that produce an ulterior increase of the operating result of group".
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