CAI International previews that the increase of the activity and the turnover will continue in 2012



The intermodal charter of container CAI International continues sent on the road of the increase of the economic results interrupted in 2009 from the impact of the world-wide recession on the field. The American company clearly has archived item the third trimester of this year with a profit of 13,6 million dollars on revenues for 33,0 million dollars, with increments respective of 48.7% and 63.8% regarding 9,2 million and 20,1 million dollars in the correspondent period of 2010. The operating profit has been attested to 21,7 million dollars (+114.1%).

"We are many satisfying - the managing director of CAI, Victor Garcia has commented - of the increase of our turnover and the profits in this trimester that is consequence of the continuous increase of the world-wide containerized trade. In the course of the third trimester we have given rental new to container pairs to about 34.000 teu, included 7,400 teu of units refrigerator. We are satisfied also of our investments in the park containers pairs to about 386 million dollars in the course of the first nine months of this year, a level record of investments for CAI. The majority of these new investments in container already is placed under every day chartering in the long term by instalments of hire that remarkablly more are elevated regarding the same period of 2010".

In the first nine months of the 2011 American society it has totaled a profit clearly of 37,3 million dollars on revenues for 89,5 million dollars, in increase respective of 108.5% and 69.8% regarding 17,9 million and 52,7 million dollars in the period January-september last year. The operating profit is piled to 57,1 million dollars, with an increment of 155.4% regarding 57,1 million dollars in the first nine months of 2010.

Garci'a has said that own company is optimistic about the perspectives for the question of container of the next year: "the most recent esteem than Clarkson Research - it has explained - indicate for a 2012 increase of the traffic world-wide container of 8.4%. Data this attending elevated level of increase of the traffic and since in the past few months the recent uncertainties of the economy have induced is the charters that the companies of navigation to reduce their level of new investments in container, in the 2012 we preview to record not only the follow-up of historically elevated rate employment of the fleet, but also a consisting new question of container".