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Rodolphe Saadé: "2012 have been an important year for CMA CGM"
the French shipowning group has closed the exercise with a profit clearly of 361 million dollars
March 19, 2013
The French shipowning group CMA CGM has closed the 2012 with a profit clearly of 361 million dollars respect to a net loss of five million dollars in the exercise anniversary precedence. The revenues are increased of 7% attesting itself to 15,9 billion dollars and the operating result has recorded an increment of 82% going up to beyond 1,3 billion dollars.
"2012 - the managing director of the group has commented, Rodolphe Saadé - have been an important year for CMA CGM, that it has obtained turned out very positive. As we have announced, we have completed also our restructure financial institution and meaningfully strengthened our patrimonial state with the cession of a new share quota to FSI and of an ulterior quota to Yildirim". Last year, in fact, beyond having worked intensely in order to with banks reach an agreement for the restructure of own debit ( on 12 February 2013), the group has obtained injections of capital of 150 million dollars and 100 million dollars respective by the public financial institution Fonds Stratégique d' Investissement (FSI) and by the Turkish group Yildirim ( on 16 October 2012); to this the proceeds of 400 million euros will join that CMA CGM will obtain from the sale of 49% of the branch terminalista Terminal Link to the Chinese Lowers Merchants Holdings (International) Co. ( on 25 January 2013). "Therefore - it has concluded Saadé - we have begun 2013 with solid bases on which to rest the prosecuzione of our increase".
Last year the fleet of portacontainer of the group has transported cargo volumes pairs to 10,0 million container teu, with an increase of 6% on 2011.
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