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the terminalista group Vopak has closed first semester 2014 with a profit clearly of 148,7 million euros (- 20.4%)
Stable the revenues
August 21, 2014
The terminalista group Dutch Vopak, than with a storage capability pairs to 32,1 million cubic metres is the first world-wide independent operator in the field of the liquid bulk, has concluded the first semester of 2014 with a profit clearly of 148,7 million euros on revenues for 647,2 million euros, with decreases respective of the -20,4% and the -0,2% on the first half of 2013. The operating costs have been attested to 461,8 million euros (+2.6%). EBITDA and EBIT are piled respective to 351,2 million euros (- 8.3%) and 236,0 million euros (- 15.4%). EBITDA and EBIT to clearly of the extraordinary voices have been pairs to 366,5 million euros (- 4.7%) and 251,3 million euros (- 10.3%).
"The first semester of 2014 - it has explained the president and managing director of Vopak, Eelco Hoekstra - is characterized by a stability of the question for our services of storage near our terminals in America North, Asia and Middle East, while producing in Europe are continued the uncertainties of the market for some combinations of". Hoekstra has specified that the group previews that in the second half of 2014 substantial variations of the performances of Vopak will not happen that will clearly conclude the year with an EBITDA to the extraordinary voices the pairs to beyond 700 million euros regarding 753 million euros in 2013.
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