CMA CGM has closed 2014 with a profit clearly of 584 million dollars (+43.2%)



The exercise anniversary as soon as passed it has been fruitful for CMA CGM whose performances - it has emphasized today the vice president of the French shipowning group, Rodolphe Saadeé - have been extremely important". The group clearly has archived item in fact 2014 with a profit of 584 million dollars on revenues for 16,7 billion dollars, with increments respective of +43.2% and +5.3% on exercise 2013. To find that the result clearly of 2013 includes the extraordinary proceeds determined from the cession of 49% of the share capital of the branch terminalista Terminal Link ( of the 11 june 2013) and that the sensitive increment of the result of 2014 is generated also by a drastic reduction of the clean financial burdens come down to 222 million dollars regarding 445 million dollars in 2013 (70 million are effect of the positive impact of the exchange rate eurodollar). In the 2014 operating profit it is piled to 973 million dollars (+28.8%).

Last year the fleet of portacontainer of CMA CGM has transported cargo volumes pairs to a quota record of 12,2 million container teu, with a progression of +8.1% on 2013. In the course of the exercise the consistency of the fleet of the group has grown of +4.0% arriving to a total of 445 ships on 31 December.

Relatively to the fleet, the French group has confirmed that it has under finalizzazione orders for the construction of three portacontenitori ships from 20.600 teu that they will be taken in delivery in 2017. While this year the fleet of CMA CGM ulteriorly will be strengthened with the income of six new portacontainer from 18.000 teu, of which three of property, 12 portacontainer from 9.400 teu taken rental in the long term and of three portacontainer GuyanaMax from 2.100 teu of property of the company.

Moreover CGM CGM has remembered that in 2015, year in which world-wide container is attended an increase of +5% of the marine traffic, the group will benefit of the synergies and of the produced positive effects from the alliance Ocean Three constituted with the companies Lowers Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) and United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), from the which signed operating agreements with the company Hamburg Süd and from the acquisition of company OPDR (Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei), that is still waiting for to obtain the green light of the competent authorities ( on September 9, 26 6 November 2014 and February 2015).