Decided rise of the economic performances of A.P. Møller-Mærsk in the first trimester



In the first trimester of this year the revenues of shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk has grown of 9.8% attesting itself to 14.488 million dollars regarding 13.200 million dollars in the first three months of 2010. In decided increase the EBITDA and the EBIT, that they are piled respective to 4.122 million dollars (+24.4%) and 2.995 million dollars (+43.9%). The profit clearly has been of 1.163 million dollars regarding 639 million dollars in the first trimester last year.

"We have had a good beginning of year - the managing director of the group has commented today, Nils S. Andersen - and are many satisfying of the results. Our activities have given turned out very positive even if the hires of the tankers have remained to a low level and the hires of the container have gone diminishing in the course of the period. In last the six months we have carried out remarkable investments in ships, terminal, platforms of perforation and in oil reservoirs. This in the long term testifies our confidence for the future one of our markets and, not last, our ability to continue to compete with success".

In the first trimester of 2011, in the single field of the container, the fleet of portacontainer of the Danish group has transported cargo volumes pairs to 1,84 million container from 40 ' (feu), with an increment of 5% regarding 1,76 million feu in the first three months last year. The medium hire for feu has been of 2.908 dollars (+2%). The activities of the group in the field of the container have generated revenues for 6.419 million dollars, with an increase of 11% regarding 5.795 million dollars in the first trimester of 2010. The EBITDA is piled to 801 million dollars (+34%), the EBIT to 467 million dollars (+99%) and the profit clearly to 438 million dollars (+159%).

In the terminalistico field they are enlivened 7,8 million container from 20 ' in the first three months of 2011, with an increase of 2% regarding the same period of 2010. Such activity has generated revenues for 1.061 million dollars (0%), an EBITDA of 248 million dollars (+14%), a EBIT of 168 million dollars (+29%) and a profit clearly of 139 million dollars (+22%).

In the section of the tankers, in that offshore and of the activities correlated group has totaled revenues for 1.332 million dollars (- 5%), an EBITDA of 446 million dollars (+12%), a EBIT of 250 million dollars (+52%) and a profit clearly of 213 million dollars (+85%).

Maersk Oil, division of oil extraction and gas of the Danish group, has closed the first trimester of this year with revenues for 3.073 million dollars (+23%), an EBITDA of 2.548 million dollars (+24%), a EBIT of 2.033 million dollars (+35%) and a profit clearly of 512 million dollars (+14%).

Communicating the economic performances of the first trimester of this year the Danish group it has confirmed that it previews to last year record entire 2011 with an inferior result regarding that. In particular, for the field of the containerized marine transport a result satisfactory, but inferior is attended to that of 2010. Inferior also the expected result for Maersk Oil, while for the remaining activities of the group (terminal, tankers/offshore, retail and others) is attended a advanced result to that recorded in 2010.