shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk has concluded the first trimester of 2013 with a profit clearly of 790 million dollars on revenues for 14,0 billion dollars, with decreases respective of the 32.8% and the 2.0% on 1,2 billion dollars and 14,3 billion dollars in the correspondent period last year. To find that the result clearly of the first trimester of 2012 includes extraordinary proceeds deriving from the composition of a controversy on the payment of taxes in Algeria (for a total of 899 million dollars) and from some cessions (for 325 million before the taxes) the EBITDA of the first trimester of this year is piled to 2,9 billion dollars (+17.1%) and operating profit (EBIT) to 1,9 billion dollars (+17.9%).

the managing director of the Danish group, Nils S. Andersen, has manifested satisfaction for the economic results of the first three months of this year, in particular for those achieved from the branch Maersk Line. In fact this last one, against unchanged revenues regarding the first trimester of 2012 being piled to 6,3 billion dollars, has closed the first three months of 2013 with results of positive sign regarding the recorded signs less last year: the EBITDA has attested to 631 million dollars (EBITDA negative for -162 million dollars in first trimester 2012), the EBIT to 204 million dollars (- 571 million) and the profit clearly to 204 million dollars (- 599 million). In the first three months of the 2013 company it has totaled a bending of the transported containerized volumes from own fleet, that pairs to 2,1 million container from 40 ' (feu) regarding 2,2 million have been feu in the same period of 2012. The Danish group has announced that the all in cost for every feu enlivened is dropped of the 7.1% graces mainly to an increment of the efficiencies developed in the Network of the company. The medium hire for feu instead is increased attesting itself to 2.770 dollars regarding 2.646 dollars in the first trimester last year. The average cost of the bunker is come down to 626 dollars for ton regarding 685 dollars/ton in the first trimester of 2012.

In the first three the 2013 months of the container terminal of branch terminalista APM Terminals has enlivened a containerized trade pairs to 8,6 million container from 20 ' (teu), an analogous volume to that of the first three months last year. The society clearly has archived item the first three months of 2013 with a profit of 166 million dollars on revenues for 1,0 billion dollars, with decreases respective of the 26.5% and the 2.3% on the same period of 2012. EBITDA and EBIT have been pairs respective to 201 million dollars (- 9.5%) and 178 million dollars (- 39.2%).

In decrease also main the economic performances of another of the branches of the group, Maersk Oil, the oil company and liquefied gas tanker of A.P. Møller-Mærsk, that it has concluded first quarterly 2013 with revenues pairs to 2,4 billion dollars (- 6.2%), EBITDA to 1,6 billion dollars (- 15.8%), EBIT to 1,2 billion dollars (- 17.7%) and profit clearly to 346 million dollars (- 73.2%).

Maersk Drilling, other Core business unit of the group that offers services of perforation to the oil industry, has totaled revenues pairs to 480 million dollars (+10.9%), EBITDA to 238 million dollars (+12.8%), EBIT to 180 million dollars (+17.6%) and profit clearly to 146 million dollars (+18,7%).

A.P. Møller-Mærsk previews to close the entire exercise anniversary 2013 with a clearly inferior result to that of 4,0 billion dollars recorded in exercise 2012. Excluding the effect of losses for reduction of the value, of proceeds from cessions and the proceeds generated from the resolution of the litigation in Algeria, the group previews to conclude 2013 with a result online with that of the year precedente.