Positive quarterly performances of the shipowning group German Hapag-Lloyd



In the first trimester of this year the shipowning group German Hapag-Lloyd has recorded revenues for 2,30 billion euros, with an increment of +48.1% regarding 1,55 billion euros in the correspondent period of the 2014 that is effect mainly of the acquisition of the activities of containerized marine transport of the Chilean South American Compañía de Vapores (CSAV), operation as a result of which the South American shipowning group has become the first shareholder of Hapag-Lloyd with a participation pairs to 34.0% ( on 17 April 2014).

The EBITDA has been pairs to 283,6 million euros regarding 2,9 million euros in the first trimester last year (turned out - this last one - than does not include that of the activities of the acquired CSAV from the group). The EBIT has been of positive sign for 174,3 million euros respect to an operating result of sign negative for -80,6 million euros in the first three months of 2014. Of positive sign also the profit clearly that it has been pairs to 128,2 million euros respect to a net loss of -119,1 million euros in the period January-March last year.

In the first trimester of the 2015 fleet of Hapag-Lloyd it has transported containerized volumes pairs to beyond 1,8 million teu, with an increment of +26.8% producing mainly by the acquisition of the activities of the CSAV. The recorded medium hire from the company has been pairs to 1.331 dollars/teu regarding 1.422 dollars/teu in the first three months of 2014.

"This - the managing director of Hapag-Lloyd has commented, Rolf Habben Jansen - has been a good beginning of year although lasting of the pressure on the hires in many segments of traffic. This trimester - it has specified Jansen - we have benefitted of a favorable price of the bunker (377 dollars/ton regarding 595 dollars/ton in the first three months of 2014, ndr) and of the appreciation of the dollar, but the element more important has been the hard job of all the dependent of Hapag-Lloyd. The result - it has added - includes the first synergies deriving from the fusion with the activity in the field of the container of the CSAV and the first savings produced from our total program of efficientamento".

In the entire exercise anniversary 2015 Hapag-Lloyd previews to record a determined increment is of the EBITDA that of the EBIT, results both of positive sign, against almost unchanged a transported containerized volume regarding 2014 and to an light bending of the medium hire.

Fleet of Hapag-Lloyd on 31 March was constituted from 190 portacontainer, of which 72 of property, for a cargo ability pairs to 1.638.000 teu regarding 153 portacontainer (included those of the CSAV), of which 59 of property, for an ability to 1.086.000 teu on March 31, 2014. The orderbook of Hapag-Lloyd it last month includes two new portacontainer from 9.300 teu ordered from the CSAV before the fusion and with delivery within the next July and five portacontainer from 10.500 teu ordered from Hapag-Lloyd to the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries yard and with delivery between the October 2016 and May 2017 ( on 20 April 2015).