Emphasized decrease of the quarterly operating result of A.P. Møller-Mærsk


Shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk has closed the first trimester of 2012 with a profit of clearly 6,7 billion Danish crowns (1,2 billion dollars) on revenues for 81,2 billion Danish crowns, with increments respective of 5% and 3% regarding 6,3 billion and 79,1 billion Danish crowns in the first three months last year. The EBITDA and the EBIT are piled respective to 14,4 billion and 9,4 billion Danish crowns, with decreases of 36% and 42% on the first trimester of 2011.

"Even if many of our activities have achieved good results and the result clearly of the group it is analogous to that last year - it has commented the A.P managing director. Møller-Mærsk, Nils S. Andersen - we are not satisfied of the operating performances of the group for the first trimester. The profits in the field of the shipping have turned out contained because of lasting in the markets container and tanker of hires who generate losses. However our efforts in order to increase the hires of the container are giving yield and will continue our initiatives for the increase of the hires for all the year. Moreover we will maintain to a remarkable level of costs for research purposes and the exploitation of oil giacimenti. We are convinced that these investments will allow to arrest the decrease us of our oil production and to return then to grow towards our objective of 400.000 barrels to the day".

In the first trimester of this year Maersk Line, the division of line transport that includes the activities of the companies Maersk Line, Safmarine, MCC and Seago Line, it has transported cargo volumes pairs to 2,2 million container from 40 ' (feu) regarding 1,8 million feu in the correspondent period of 2011. The medium hire for feu has turned out pairs to 2.646 dollars, with a contraction of 9% regarding 2.908 dollars in the first three months last year. The Danish group has announced that in the first three months of this year the unitary costs for every transported container feu are increased of mainly 6% because of the increase of the price of the bunker, that quickly has a rise of 31% elevating the all in costs of the fuel of 44% to 1,9 billion dollars. With the exclusion of the costs for the bunker, the unitary costs have shown a decrease of 1%.

The division Maersk Line has archiviato the first three months of the 2012 with a net loss of 599 million dollars on revenues for 6,3 billion dollars respect to a profit clearly of 424 million dollars on revenues for 5,9 billion dollars in the first trimester of 2011. The EBITDA and the EBIT have been negatives respective for -162 million and -571 million dollars regarding positive results for 779 million and 451 million dollars in the period January-March last year.

In the first three months of the 2012 division of transport of line of the Danish group container from 20 has taken in delivery six new portacontainer of 38.000 the total ability to ' (teu). With such deliveries the consistency of the fleet is gone up to 260 ships of property and 366 ships to chartering for a hold ability total of 2,5 million teu (with exclusion of 16 multipurpose ships).

Branch terminalista APM Terminals has concluded the first trimester of 2012 with a profit clearly of 235 million dollars on revenues for 1,2 billion dollars, with increments respective of 67% and 14% on the first three months of 2011. EBITDA and EBIT are increased respective of 11% and 81% to 274 million and 304 million dollars.


Maersk Oil, the division of the group that takes care of the search and the exploitation of the giacimenti of oil and gas, has archiviato the first trimester of this year with a profit clearly of 1,3 million dollars, in increase of 141% on the same period of 2011. The revenues are diminished of 17% to 2,5 billion dollars. In decrease also the EBITDA and the EBIT, that they are come down respective of 27% and 28% to 1,8 billion and 1,5 billion dollars.

A.P. Møller-Mærsk previews to close entire exercise 2012 with a clearly light inferior profit to 3,4 billion dollars totaled in year 2011. For Maersk Line a result is attended analogous negative or to that of 2011, for APM Terminals a advanced result to that last year and for Maersk Oil an unchanged result.