Decided increment of the economic performances of Panalpina



Panalpina has closed 2011 with a decided rise of the economic results against a bending of 9.3% of the turnover clearly. The Helvetic logistic group has archived item the exercise with a profit of 127,4 million franchi clearly Swiss respect to a net loss of 26,0 million franchi Swiss in 2010. The clean revenues have totaled 6,499, 6 million franchi Swiss ones regarding 7.164, 2 million franchi Swiss ones in the year precedewnte. The EBITDA and the EBIT have been Swiss Swiss pairs respective to 212,1 million and 174,2 million franchi against 62,4 million and 15,4 million franchi in 2010.

In the solo fourth trimester of the 2011 group has confiscated clean revenues for 1,674, 9 million franchi Swiss ones, with a decrease of 8.9% regarding the period October-December of the year precedence. The EBITDA is piled to 48,5 million franchi Swiss (- 14.2%), the EBIT to 38,7 million franchi Swiss (- 12.1%) and the last trimester of 2011 has been archived item with of 28,8 million franchi a clearly Swiss profit of 32,9 million franchi clearly Swiss respect to a profit in the same period of the year precedence.

Last year the goods container sent for marine way from the Helvetic group has been 1.310.000 pairs to teu, with a progression of 5.6% regarding 2010. The goods sent for aerial way instead is diminished of 4.9% attesting itself to 848.000 tons regarding 892.000 in the year precedence.

In the 2011 marine shipment activity they have generated Swiss clean revenues for 3.313 million franchi (- 16.5%) and a groos profit of 439 million franchi Swiss (- 3.1%), the air shipment activities have totaled Swiss clean revenues for 3.281 million franchi (- 9.3%) and a groos profit of 688 million franchi Swiss (+3.1%), while the logistic activities have recorded Swiss clean revenues for 906 million franchi (+1.8%) and a groos profit of 350 million franchi Swiss (- 2.8%).

"In 2011 - it has emphasized the managing director of Panalpina, Monika Ribar - we have completed remarkable progresses. It has been a success year in which we have obtained a lot: we have widened our pocketbook customers, have strengthened our productive divisions with assumptions key and innovations, have carried out two acquisitions and we have widened also our Network in organic way, in particular in emerging markets. From the point of view of the traffic we have not reached all our objectives".

For the first half of the 2012 Panalpina it previews an ulterior reduction of the volumes of air shipments because of the wait increase zero of the market, while for marine shipments the group considers that the market will record an increase of 4.5% and the objective of Panalpina is to exceed such percentage. "2012 - it has found Monika Ribar - will be difficult. The in the short term relative expectations to the volumes are lowlands, in particular for the goods aerial where we preview to go beginning from better of the market according to trimester".