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Hamburg Süd closes 2014 with a +2% in the containerized volumes and -1% in the revenues
Positive the result in the field liner, while it is still in red in the segment tramp
April 23, 2015
In the 2014 fleet of portacontainer of the company Hamburg Süd it has transported cargo volumes pairs almost 3,4 million teu, with a progression of +2.3% on the year precedence. Last year the German shipowning group has recorded revenues for 5,2 billion euros, with a decrease of the -1% on 2013 producing mainly by the bending of the hires and the weakening of the dollar, of which beyond 4,7 billion euros generated from the activity in the segment of the services of line (- 2%), 283 million in segment tramp (+3%) and 151 million euros in other fields of activity (+1%).
Hamburg Süd has specified that the results "however have remained positive, even if meaningfully inferior regarding the year precedence". To such results it has contributed also a decrease of the cost of the fuel that last year has been pairs to the -11% approximately. The company has specified moreover that, "not last because of the contraction of economic dynamics in China, once again in the 2014 field of the marine bulk transport has had to get to terms with difficult conditions of market and has not been able to exit from the red one".
Al 31 Decembers 2014 the fleet of the group Hamburg Süd comprised a total of 168 ships, 46 of which of property of the group. Of these, 112 ships are used in the services of line and 56 ships in the activities tramp.
We remember that at the end last month Hamburg Süd has completed the acquisition of the services of line of the Chilean company Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánica (CCNI) between the western coast of South America and Asia, the America North and Europe ( on 31 March 2015), acquisition that little less represents for the German shipowning group an increase pairs of +10% (300,000 teu) of the transported containerized volumes per year.
Hamburg Süd previews to close entire exercise 2015 with a advanced operating result regarding that last year, even if this - it has specified the company - must be verified on the base of the impact of the extraordinary burdens deriving from integration of the activities of the CCNI.
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In the 2014 fleet of portacontainer of the company Hamburg Süd it has transported cargo volumes pairs almost 3,4 million teu, with a progression of +2.3% on the year precedence. Last year the German shipowning group has recorded revenues for 5,2 billion euros, with a decrease of the -1% on 2013 producing mainly by the bending of the hires and the weakening of the dollar, of which beyond 4,7 billion euros generated from the activity in the segment of the services of line (- 2%), 283 million in segment tramp (+3%) and 151 million euros in other fields of activity (+1%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
