rise of the economic performances of shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Maersk


shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Maersk has concluded the first trimester of 2014 with a profit clearly of 1,20 billion dollars on revenues for 11,74, with increments respective of +53% and +1% regarding the first three months last year. EBITDA and EBIT have attested respective to 3,02 billion dollars (+8%) and 2,24 billion dollars (+20%). The managing director of the group, Nils S. Andersen, has specified that the increase of the results is yields of the contribution of all the five units of A.P business. Møller-Maersk with the exception of Maersk Drilling that it has recorded, like attended, a reduction of the profit.
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Particularly has been the improvement of the performances in the field of the transport of line and the correlated activities. In particular the company Maersk Line has achieved a profit of 454 million dollars regarding 204 million dollars in the first trimester of 2013. The revenues are piled to 6,46 billion dollars (+2.4%) and EBITDA and EBIT have been pairs respective to 682 million dollars (+37%) and 503 million dollars (+158%). The increase of the volume of transactions of Maersk Line is determined by the increment of +7.3% of the volumes transported from the fleet of portacontainer of the company, that pairs to 2,2 million container from 40 ' (feu) regarding 2,1 million have been feu in the first three months last year, that has compensated the decrease of the medium hire who has been pairs to 2.628 dollars/feu regarding 2.770 dollars/feu in the first trimester of 2013. The average price of the bunker is come down from 626 dollars/ton to 581 dollars/ton. The unitary costs in dollars/feu are come down from 2.871 to 2.612.

In decided increase also the economic results of branch terminalista Dutch APM Terminals, that it has totaled a profit clearly of 215 million dollars regarding 166 million dollars in the first trimester last year. The revenues of the company are piled to 1,09 billion dollars (+5%). EBITDA and EBIT have recorded increases of +32% and +29% to 265 million and 230 million dollars. In the period January-March of this year the harbour terminals of APM Terminals have enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 9,4 million container from 20 ' (teu), with a progression of +9% regarding 8,6 million teu in the correspondent period of the 2013 that is produced mainly by terminals that have become totally operating and by new terminals that have entered to take part of the pocketbook of the company.

For the entire exercise anniversary the 2014 Danish group previews that the result of Maersk Line will be online advanced or to that of 2013 (1,5 billion dollars), with a total question that are attended in increase of the +4-5% and an increase for Maersk Line pairs to that of the market. For APM Terminals 770 million dollars) on the wake of an increase of the advanced operating activity to that of the market are attended a advanced result to that last year (.