Positive exercise 2014 of the charter of Textainer container



"2014 have been a good year for Textainer and, for many backs, it has been better than initially we expected". It has emphasized Philip K. Brewer, president and managing director of the American company of intermodal chartering of container, commenting the achieved economic results from the society last year, exercise that has been archived item with a profit clearly of 189,4 million dollars on revenues for 563,1 million dollars, with increments respective of +3.6% and of +6.4% on exercise 2013. The operating profit is piled to 271,6 million dollars (- 3.4%) and the EBITDA rectified to 441,8 million dollars (+2.8%).

In the solo fourth trimester of the 2014 Textainer has recorded a profit clearly of 42,4 million dollars, down of the -6,9% on the correspondent period of the year precedence. The revenues are increased of +4.5% to 143,6 million dollars. Operating profit and EBITDA rectified have been pairs respective to 68,1 million dollars (- 0.7%) and 112,7 million dollars (+3.8%).

The consistency of the fleet of container managed from the American company is gone up to end 2014 to beyond 3,2 million teu, with an increase of +6.3% regarding on December 31, 2013. The quota property container is gone up also it attesting itself to 78.9% of the total regarding 76.4% at the end of 2013.

Brewer has remembered that last year Textainer has invested 864 million dollars for the purchase of containers for a total of 449.000 teu between container new and already managed from the society, of which 101 million dollars is relative to container that they will be taken in delivery in the course of 2015.

Confirming the absolute satisfaction for the results obtained from the company, Brewer has specified that continuous Textainer but to verify that in the market sussiste an ignited competition on every contracted and to last of the tendency to the decrease of the prices of chartering of the container, bending of the prices of the charterings and the sales of container - has specified - that has had an impact negative on the profits of the society and that is previewed will continue in the course of this year. "However - it has emphasized - the increase of our fleet, the decrease of the cost of the financings and a rate I use more elevated of the fleet have compensated great part of this decrease and they have allowed us to continue to offer remarkable performances".