Shipping lowers Lines Container returns to record a result of positive sign clearly



The navigation company Lowers Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has concluded the first semester of 2014 with a profit of clearly 431,6 million yuan (70 million dollars) respect to a net loss of -1,26 billion yuan in the first half last year. The revenues have grown of +8.5% attesting itself to 17,41 billion yuan regarding 16,04 billion yuan in the first six months last year and the operating result has been of positive sign for 619,2 million yuan respect to operating liabilities of -1,04 billion yuan in the first half of 2013.

In the first six months of this year the fleet of portacontainer of the Chinese company has transported cargo volumes pairs to beyond 3,9 million container teu, with a progression of +1.4% on the same period of 2013. On the transpacifiche routes +1.4% are transported 649 thousand teu () and such activity has generated revenues for 4,5 billion yuan (- 8.6%); on the routes for Europe and the Mediterranean the traffic volume has been pairs to 760 thousand teu (+5.3%) and the revenues to 4,4 billion yuan (+12.2%); on the routes for Asia and Oceania the traffic has totaled 932 thousand teu (+6.0%) and the revenues 3,0 billion yuan (+2.0%); on the Chinese national routes 3.8%) with revenues for almost 2,9 billion yuan (+0.1% are transported 1,6 million teu (-); on the other routes the traffic is piled to 50 thousand teu (+51.1%) with revenues for 447 million yuan (+50.3%).

CSCL has announced that in the first semester of the 2014 medium hire for relative container teu to international shipments it has been pairs to 5.141 yuan, down of the -2,8% on the same period last year, while the medium hire for the national routes has been pairs to 1.847 yuan (+4.1%).

Moreover the company has announced that in the first six months of this year the activities put into effect for the control of use it of fuel by the fleet have determined a reduction of the consumption pairs to the -15,2% in spite of the increase of +1.4% of the container full transported. Moreover the cost of the fuel is diminished of the -20,4% regarding the first semester of 2013.

Al the 30 last June total abilities to transport of the Chinese company had reached a consistency pairs to 669 thousand teu (for an average of 4.523 teu for each ship), with an increment of 59 thousand teu regarding on December 30, 2013.