Rise of the economic results of Maersk Line in the first trimester



In the first three months of 2015 shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk has recorded a bending of the economic results. The period has been archived item with revenues for 10,55 billion dollars, with a reduction of the -10,1% regarding 11,74 billion dollars in the first trimester last year. EBITDA and EBIT are diminished respective of the -14,8% and the -18,5% attesting to 2,57 billion and 1,82 billion dollars. The profit before taxes is piled to 1,75 billion dollars (- 15.9%). The profit clearly, graces mainly to a fiscal capital gain generated from the sale for 223 million dollars of the participation pairs to 20.05% in Danske Bank, has totaled an increment of +30.2% having gone up to 1,57 billion dollars.

In the first three months of this year the fleet of portacontainer of Maersk Line, than work the services of line of the group, has transported containerized volumes pairs to 2,2 million container from 40 ' (feu), with a decrease of the -1,6% regarding the same period of 2014. The medium hire for feu has been pairs to 2.493 dollars (- 5.1%) and the average cost for the fuel ton has been pairs to 358 dollars/(- 38.4%). Maersk Line has concluded the first trimester of 2015 with revenues for 6,25 billion dollars (- 3.2%), an EBITDA of 1,20 billion dollars (+39.4%), a EBIT of 736 million dollars (+46.3%) and a profit clearly of 714 million dollars (+57.3%). The fleet of Maersk Line on 31 March had a consistency pairs to 608 portacontenitori (273 of property and 335 rental) for a cargo ability 2.929.000 pairs to container from 20 ' (teu) (on a total ability to the world-wide fleet pairs to 18,8 million teu) regarding 564 ships (268 of properties and 296 rental) for an ability to 2.657.000 teu on March 31, 2014.

APM Terminals, the terminalista society that manages the container terminal of the Danish group, has closed the first trimester of this year with revenues for 1,14 billion dollars, with an increase of +4.0% on the correspondent period of 2014. EBITDA and EBIT have recorded decreases respective of the -17,0% and the -5,7% to 220 million and 217 million dollars. The profit clearly has been pairs to 190 million dollars (- 11.6%). In the first three months of the 2015 terminal managed from the company they have enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 9,1 million container from 20 ' (teu) regarding 9,4 million teu in the first trimester last year, contraction that is mainly effect of the dismissioni of American terminal APM Terminals Virginia (Portsmouth) and of the French terminal Terminal Doors Océane (the Havre) that they have had an impact negative on the traffic pairs to -3,4%.