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In the 2013 Finnlines it is returned to produce useful
The total volume of transactions is diminished of -7%
March 3, 2014
The company of Finnish navigation Finnlines of the Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi, than work marine services in the Baltic Sea and the Sea of the North, has concluded the exercise anniversary 2013 with a profit clearly of 6,0 million euros respect to a net loss of -66 thousand euros in the exercise precedence. The revenues are diminished of the -7% coming down to 563,6 million euros. Down also the operating costs, that they are piled to 550,8 million euros (- 7%). The company has recorded an operating profit of 83,7 million euros (- 7%) and a profit before taxes of 18,1 million euros (- 24%). The results of exercise 2013 include judicial burdens for about 1,0 million euros and proceeds for 3,0 million euros deriving from the sale of the ships Europalink, Transeuropa and Translubeca, while the results of the 2012 include a compensation of 3,4 million euros from the Jinling ship yard and extraordinary burdens for 3,3 million euros produced from relative agreements to the staff and to immovable assets.
Last year the fleet of Finnlines has transported 632 thousand cargo unit (+1% on 2012), beyond 2,2 million tons of goods (+7%), 556 thousand fleeting (- 7%) and 66 thousand car with exclusion of those to the continuation of the passengers (- 8%).
In the solo fourth trimester of the 2013 Finnlines has recorded a profit clearly of 9,9 million euros on revenues for 130,3 million euros respect to a net loss of -5,3 million euros on revenues for 138,4 million euros in the same trimester of 2012. The operating profit is piled to 20,2 million euros (+74%) and the result before taxes has been of positive sign for 5,3 million euros respect to a result negative for -5,1% in the last trimester of 2012.
In the period October-December last year the fleet of the Finnish company has transported 154 thousand cargo unit (+3% on fourth trimester 2012), 559 thousand tons of goods (+18%), 113 thousand fleeting (+2%) and 23 thousand car (+5%).
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